Middle passages : African American journeys to Africa, 1787-2005 / James Campbell.
2006
KQ2030 .C36 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Middle passages : African American journeys to Africa, 1787-2005 / James Campbell.
Imprint
New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
Description
xxvi, 513 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Series
Penguin history of American life.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface / David Levering Lewis
Introduction: What is Africa to me?
Prologue: Ayuba's journey
Windward coast
Representing the race
Emigration or extermination
Mundele Ndom
So long, so far away
The spell of Africa
Native son, American daughter
Black star
Counting the bodies
Epilogue: The language we cry in.
Introduction: What is Africa to me?
Prologue: Ayuba's journey
Windward coast
Representing the race
Emigration or extermination
Mundele Ndom
So long, so far away
The spell of Africa
Native son, American daughter
Black star
Counting the bodies
Epilogue: The language we cry in.
Summary
A three-century history of African-American journeys back to Africa, from an America where depicted travelers or their ancestors were slaves, traces the experiences of such people as W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the founders of Liberia.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-489) and index.
Location
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Available in Other Form
Online version: Campbell, James T. Middle passages. New York : Penguin Press, 2006
Call Number
KQ2030 .C36 2006
Language
English
ISBN
1594200831
9781594200830
9781594200830
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