A major figure in African American studies, Gates (Harvard)--whose earlier works include Signifying Monkey (CH, Jun'89, 26-5523) and Thirteen Ways of Looking at

Like snapshots of everyday life in the past, the compelling biographies in this book document the making of the Black Atlantic world since the sixteenth century

An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such

Black Atlantic Religion illuminates the mutual transformation of African and African-American cultures, highlighting the example of the Afro-Brazilian Candombl�

The historical novels of Manuel Zapata Olivella and Ana Maria Gonçalves map black journeys from Africa to the Americas in a way that challenges the Black Atlan