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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Solimar Otero |
| ISBN: | 9781580463263 1580463266 1580463304 9781580463300 |
| OCLC Number: | 299710317 |
| Description: | x, 247 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Grassroots Africans : Havana's "Lagosians" -- Returning to Lagos : making the Oja home -- "Second diasporas" : reception in the Bight of Benin -- Situating Lagosian, Caribbean, and Latin American diasporas -- Creating Afrocubanos : public cultures in a circum-Atlantic perspective -- Conclusion: flow, community, and diaspora -- Appendix: case studies of returnees to Lagos from Havana, Cuba. |
| Series Title: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, v. 45. |
| Responsibility: | Solimar Otero. |
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An innovative study that aptly points to the linguistic, cultural, and geographic expansiveness of Afro-Atlantic diasporic communities...anyone interested in a study of the African diaspora that does not begin and end in Africa or the United States will also find Afro-Cuban Diasporas particularly insightful. WESTERN FOLKLORE Completely changes the understanding of the idea of the African diasporas. LEEDS AFRICAN STUDIES BULLETIN Read more...
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