1- The Challenges of Studying the African Diasporas
Corresponding Author(s) : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
African Sociological Review,
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008): African Sociological Review
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- Adi, Hakin, ‘The African Diaspora, Development and Modern African Political Theory’,Review of African Political Economy, 29 (92): 237-251.
- African Union, 2004, Technical Workshop on the Relationship with the Diaspora, 2-5 June, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago http://www.democracy-africa.org/Reports/ AUTWreport.pdf.
- Anouar Majid, 2000, Unveiling Traditions: Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World, Durham and London: Duke University Press.
- Blakely, Alison, 1986, Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought.Washington, DC: Howard University Press.
- Blakely, Alison, 1994, Blacks in the Dutch World: the Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
- Butler, Kim, 2000, ‘Brazilian Abolition in Afro-Atlantic Context’, African Studies Review 43, 1:125-139.
- Campbell, Gwyn, 2006, ‘The African-Asian Diaspora: Myth or Reality?’, African and Asian Studies, 5, 3-4: 305-324.
- Cohen, Robin, 1997, Global Diasporas: An Introduction. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- Edwards, Brent Hayes, 2001, ‘The Uses of Diaspora’, Social Text, 19, 1: 45-73.
- Gilroy, Paul, 1993, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Gilroy, Paul, 1987, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
- Hall, Stuart, 1980, ‘Race, Articulation, and Societies Structured in Dominance’, in UNESCO,Sociological Theories: Race and Colonialism. Paris: UNESCO, 305-343.
- Hanchard, Michael George, 2004, ‘Black Transnationalism, African Studies, and the 21st Century’, The Journal of Black Studies, 35, 2: 139-153.
- Harris, Joseph E, 1968, ‘Introduction to the African Diaspora’, in T.O. Ranger, ed., Emerging Themes of African History. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 146-151.
- Harris, Joseph E., ed., 1993 [1981], Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora. Washington, D.C.:
- Howard University Press, 1st ed. 1982, 2nd ed. 1993.
- Hine, Darlene Clark, 2001, ‘Frontiers in black diaspora studies and comparative black history: enhanced knowledge of our complex past’, The Negro Educational Review, 52, 3: 101-108.
- Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva, 2006, ‘Identifying Africans in Asia: What’s in a Name?’, African and Asian Studies, 5, 3-4: 275-303.
- Jules-Rosette, Benetta, 2000, Black Paris: The African Writers’ Landscape. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
- Keita, Maghan, 2005, ‘Africans and Asians: Historiography and the Long View of Global Interaction’, Journal of World History, 16, 1: 1-30.
- Kubik, Gerhard, 1998, ‘Analogies and Differences in African American Musical Cultures Across the Hemisphere: Interpretive Models and Research Strategies’, Black Music Research Journal, 18, 1/2: 203-227.
- Larson, Pier M., 2007, ‘African Diasporas and the Atlantic’, in Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Erik R. Seeman, eds., The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 129-147.
- Lewis, Earl, 1995, ‘To Turn as on a Pivot: Writing African Americans into a History of Overlapping Diasporas’, American Historical Review 100, 3: 765-787.
- Nzegwu, Nkiru, 2000, ‘Memory Lines: Art in the Pan-African World’, Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World, 1, 2.
- Palmer, Colin, 2000, ‘The African Diaspora’, Black Scholar 30, 3 / 4: 56-59.
- Patterson, Tiffany and Robin Kelly, 2000, ‘Unfinished Migrations: Reflections on the African Diaspora and the Making of the Modern World’, African Studies Review, 43, 1, 11-45.
- Shepperson, George, 1993, ‘African Diaspora: Concept and Context’, in Joseph E. Harris, ed., Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 41-49.
- Shepperson, George, 1968, ‘The African Abroad or the African Diaspora’, in T.O. Ranger, ed.,Emerging Themes of African History. Nairobi: East African Publishing House,152-176.
- Vinson, Ben, 2006, ‘Introduction: African (Black) Diaspora History, Latin American History’,The Americas 63, 1: 1-18.
- Walker, Sheila S., 2001, ‘Introduction: Are You Hip to the Jive? (Re)Writing/Righting the Pan-American Discourse’, in Sheila S. Walker, ed., African Roots/American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of the Americas. New York: Rowan and Littlefield, 1-44.
- Zack-Williams, A.B. and Giles Mohan, ‘Africa, the African Diaspora and Development’,Review of African Political Economy, 29 (92): 205-210.
- Zack-Williams, Alfred, 1995, ‘Development and Diaspora: Separate Concerns?’ Review of African Political Economy, 65: 349-358.
- Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2005, ‘Rewriting the African Diaspora: Beyond the Black Atlantic’,African Affairs, 104, 1: 35-68.
- Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2008, ‘The African Academic Diaspora: The Struggle for a Global Epistemic Presence’, in Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, ed., The Study of Africa, Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements. Dakar: Codesria Book Series, 86-111.
References
Adi, Hakin, ‘The African Diaspora, Development and Modern African Political Theory’,Review of African Political Economy, 29 (92): 237-251.
African Union, 2004, Technical Workshop on the Relationship with the Diaspora, 2-5 June, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago http://www.democracy-africa.org/Reports/ AUTWreport.pdf.
Anouar Majid, 2000, Unveiling Traditions: Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World, Durham and London: Duke University Press.
Blakely, Alison, 1986, Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought.Washington, DC: Howard University Press.
Blakely, Alison, 1994, Blacks in the Dutch World: the Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Butler, Kim, 2000, ‘Brazilian Abolition in Afro-Atlantic Context’, African Studies Review 43, 1:125-139.
Campbell, Gwyn, 2006, ‘The African-Asian Diaspora: Myth or Reality?’, African and Asian Studies, 5, 3-4: 305-324.
Cohen, Robin, 1997, Global Diasporas: An Introduction. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Edwards, Brent Hayes, 2001, ‘The Uses of Diaspora’, Social Text, 19, 1: 45-73.
Gilroy, Paul, 1993, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Gilroy, Paul, 1987, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Hall, Stuart, 1980, ‘Race, Articulation, and Societies Structured in Dominance’, in UNESCO,Sociological Theories: Race and Colonialism. Paris: UNESCO, 305-343.
Hanchard, Michael George, 2004, ‘Black Transnationalism, African Studies, and the 21st Century’, The Journal of Black Studies, 35, 2: 139-153.
Harris, Joseph E, 1968, ‘Introduction to the African Diaspora’, in T.O. Ranger, ed., Emerging Themes of African History. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 146-151.
Harris, Joseph E., ed., 1993 [1981], Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora. Washington, D.C.:
Howard University Press, 1st ed. 1982, 2nd ed. 1993.
Hine, Darlene Clark, 2001, ‘Frontiers in black diaspora studies and comparative black history: enhanced knowledge of our complex past’, The Negro Educational Review, 52, 3: 101-108.
Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva, 2006, ‘Identifying Africans in Asia: What’s in a Name?’, African and Asian Studies, 5, 3-4: 275-303.
Jules-Rosette, Benetta, 2000, Black Paris: The African Writers’ Landscape. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Keita, Maghan, 2005, ‘Africans and Asians: Historiography and the Long View of Global Interaction’, Journal of World History, 16, 1: 1-30.
Kubik, Gerhard, 1998, ‘Analogies and Differences in African American Musical Cultures Across the Hemisphere: Interpretive Models and Research Strategies’, Black Music Research Journal, 18, 1/2: 203-227.
Larson, Pier M., 2007, ‘African Diasporas and the Atlantic’, in Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Erik R. Seeman, eds., The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 129-147.
Lewis, Earl, 1995, ‘To Turn as on a Pivot: Writing African Americans into a History of Overlapping Diasporas’, American Historical Review 100, 3: 765-787.
Nzegwu, Nkiru, 2000, ‘Memory Lines: Art in the Pan-African World’, Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World, 1, 2.
Palmer, Colin, 2000, ‘The African Diaspora’, Black Scholar 30, 3 / 4: 56-59.
Patterson, Tiffany and Robin Kelly, 2000, ‘Unfinished Migrations: Reflections on the African Diaspora and the Making of the Modern World’, African Studies Review, 43, 1, 11-45.
Shepperson, George, 1993, ‘African Diaspora: Concept and Context’, in Joseph E. Harris, ed., Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 41-49.
Shepperson, George, 1968, ‘The African Abroad or the African Diaspora’, in T.O. Ranger, ed.,Emerging Themes of African History. Nairobi: East African Publishing House,152-176.
Vinson, Ben, 2006, ‘Introduction: African (Black) Diaspora History, Latin American History’,The Americas 63, 1: 1-18.
Walker, Sheila S., 2001, ‘Introduction: Are You Hip to the Jive? (Re)Writing/Righting the Pan-American Discourse’, in Sheila S. Walker, ed., African Roots/American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of the Americas. New York: Rowan and Littlefield, 1-44.
Zack-Williams, A.B. and Giles Mohan, ‘Africa, the African Diaspora and Development’,Review of African Political Economy, 29 (92): 205-210.
Zack-Williams, Alfred, 1995, ‘Development and Diaspora: Separate Concerns?’ Review of African Political Economy, 65: 349-358.
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2005, ‘Rewriting the African Diaspora: Beyond the Black Atlantic’,African Affairs, 104, 1: 35-68.
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 2008, ‘The African Academic Diaspora: The Struggle for a Global Epistemic Presence’, in Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, ed., The Study of Africa, Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements. Dakar: Codesria Book Series, 86-111.