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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807858935
ISBN-13
9780807858936
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63846668
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
American Africans in Ghana : Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era
Subject
Africa / West, Emigration & Immigration, Civil Rights, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2008
Features
New Edition
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Series
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-031382
Reviews
"A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned. . . . Essential."-- CHOICE, He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history. -The Journal of American History, "Inspiring. . . . A valuable addition to the debate about the history of Pan-Africanism in Africa."-- Journal of African History, Contributes to various subfields of African American history, including the modern Civil Rights Movement, African American-centered Pan-Africanist thought, African American intellectual history, Afro-diasporic consciousness, and the vital, enduring African American-African political connection.-- Journal of African American History, Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thought and practice in the African diaspora. He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history.-- Journal of American History, He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history. - The Journal of American History, This is an important book that opens up new dimensions in the Pan-African history of the relationships established between Africa and the African diaspora in the modern period.-- American Historical Review, A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned. . . . Essential."-- CHOICE, This book gives unprecedented insight into both the promise and the challenge of Pan-Africanism.Brent Hayes Edwards, author of "The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism", "A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned. . . . Essential."-- Choice, A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned. . . . Essential.-- Choice, Inspiring. . . . A valuable addition to the debate about the history of Pan-Africanism in Africa.-- Journal of African History, "Gaines's book is groundbreaking in many respects providing ample evidence to challenge contemporary nationalist notions of diaspora." Robin D. G. Kelley, Columbia University, A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned, providing details about Western complicity in the death of Lumumba, the silencing of black intellectuals during the Cold War, and African American activism in the anti-apartheid movement. Gaines profoundly discusses the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement, political decolonization, and US foreign policy. In the process, he charts the course of numerous distinguished personalities in the contemporary US.-- Choice, He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history. -- The Journal of American History, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. _ New York Review of Books, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. - New York Review of Books, This book gives unprecedented insight into both the promise and the challenge of Pan-Africanism. Brent Hayes Edwards, author of The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. He skillfully connects the lives of the 'returnees' with the wider history of the civil rights era in the United States and the politics of the cold war.-- The New York Review of Books, Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thought and practice in the African diaspora. He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history." -- Journal of American History, This is an important book that opens up new dimensions in the Pan-African history of the relationships established between Africa and the African diaspora in the modern period."-- American Historical Review, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. -- New York Review of Books, Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thought and practice in the African diaspora. He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history." _ Journal of American History, A superb, scholarly text on pan-Africanism. Gaines gives a detailed analysis of the interconnections between African American and Caribbean activists and the pioneers of African decolonization in Ghana. The author leaves no stone unturned. . . . Essentia|9780807858936|, Contributes to various subfields of African American history, including the modern Civil Rights Movement, African American-centered Pan-Africanist thought, African American intellectual history, Afro-diasporic consciousness, and the vital, enduring African American-African political connection."-- Journal of African American History, "Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thought and practice in the African diaspora. He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history."-- Journal of American History, Gaines's book is groundbreaking in many respects providing ample evidence to challenge contemporary nationalist notions of diaspora. Robin D. G. Kelley, Columbia University, Inspiring. . . . A valuable addition to the debate about the history of Pan-Africanism in Africa."-- Journal of African History, In "American Africans in Ghana," Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. -"New York Review of Books", "In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. He skillfully connects the lives of the 'returnees' with the wider history of the civil rights era in the United States and the politics of the cold war."-- The New York Review of Books, Gaines has written a detailed and engaging book which explores a neglected aspect of US foreign policy, joining a small but significant cadre of authors dedicated to highlighting the racial dimensions of US foreign policy.-- Modern African Studies, Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thought and practice in the African diaspora. He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history."-- Journal of American History, Gaines has written a detailed and engaging book which explores a neglected aspect of US foreign policy, joining a small but significant cadre of authors dedicated to highlighting the racial dimensions of US foreign policy."-- Modern African Studies, "Contributes to various subfields of African American history, including the modern Civil Rights Movement, African American-centered Pan-Africanist thought, African American intellectual history, Afro-diasporic consciousness, and the vital, enduring African American-African political connection."-- Journal of African American History, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. He skillfully connects the lives of the 'returnees' with the wider history of the civil rights era in the United States and the politics of the cold war."-- The New York Review of Books, He has written a book that is indispensable for a complete grasp of that history. _ The Journal of American History, In American Africans in Ghana , Kevin Gaines offers a richly detailed portrait of the community that gathered in Ghana around Nkrumah. He skillfully connects the lives of the 'returnees' with the wider history of the civil rights era in the United|9780807858936|, Gaines's signal achievement is that he skillfully has placed this narrative in the broad context of black internationalism. . . . Gaines has demonstrated how the expatriate experience is linked to the expansive history of antiracist and anticolonial thou|9780807858936|, "This is an important book that opens up new dimensions in the Pan-African history of the relationships established between Africa and the African diaspora in the modern period."-- American Historical Review, "Gaines has written a detailed and engaging book which explores a neglected aspect of US foreign policy, joining a small but significant cadre of authors dedicated to highlighting the racial dimensions of US foreign policy."-- Modern African Studies
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Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans ? including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali ? visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these Americans to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana?s president, posed a direct challenge to U.S. hegemony by promoting a vision of African liberation, continental unity, and West Indian federation. Although the number of African American expatriates in Ghana was small, in espousing a transnational American citizenship defined by solidarities with African peoples, these activists along with their allies in the United States waged a fundamental, if largely forgotten, struggle over the meaning and content of the cornerstone of American citizenship ? the right to vote ? conferred on African Americans by civil rights reform legislation., In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans -- including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali -- visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these Americans to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa.Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's president, posed a direct challenge to U.S. hegemony by promoting a vision of African liberation, continental unity, and West Indian federation. Although the number of African American expatriates in Ghana was small, in espousing a transnational American citizenship defined by solidarities with African peoples, these activists along with their allies in the United States waged a fundamental, if largely forgotten, struggle over the meaning and content of the cornerstone of American citizenship -- the right to vote -- conferred on African Americans by civil rights reform legislation., In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans--including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali--visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these Americans to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's president, posed a direct challenge to U.S. hegemony by promoting a vision of African liberation, continental unity, and West Indian federation. Although the number of African American expatriates in Ghana was small, in espousing a transnational American citizenship defined by solidarities with African peoples, these activists along with their allies in the United States waged a fundamental, if largely forgotten, struggle over the meaning and content of the cornerstone of American citizenship--the right to vote--conferred on African Americans by civil rights reform legislation.When the West African nation of Ghana gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, people of African descent the world over celebrated the new nation as a beacon for their aspirations for freedom and self-determination. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans--including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, C. L. R. James, and Muhammad Ali--visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these expatriates to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa., In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans--including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammed Ali--visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these expatriates to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa. Posing a direct challenge to U.S. hegemony, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's president, promoted a vision of African liberation, continental unity, and West Indian federation. Although the number of African American expatriates in Ghana was small, in espousing a transnational American citizenship defined by solidarities with African peoples, these activists waged along with their allies in the United States a fundamental, if largely forgotten, struggle over the meaning and content of the formal American citizenship conferred on African Americans by civil rights reform legislation.
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- e***a (99)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI did not experience any problem with this seller. However, the book jacket was in poor condition (which was clearly shown in the photos), so it would have been nice if the price had been adjusted accordingly. An overall positive experience, as I am thoroughly enjoying the book. The shipping cost was outstanding! Thank you.The Handbell Choir Manual Book By Doris Watson 1959 First Edition Illustrated (#305264472051)
- o***f (4410)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePerfect Transaction. Book is exactly as shown and described. Seller always took great care in packaging my book. Shipping was very fast. This seller is one of the best on Ebay. I will continue to make future purchases from this seller.WHAT OF THE MORMONS? Gordon B. Hinckley / HB, 1954, Revised 5th Ed (#305290142857)