This anthology presents a new study of the worldwide African diaspora by bringing together diverse, multidisciplinary scholarship to address the connectedness o

Patrick Manning follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Ame

The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been d

There has been much recent celebration of the success of African 'civil society' in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the bac

Four overarching themes underscore the essays in this book. These are the creation of African diaspora community and institutional structures; the structured an