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1800-1899 --- Africa, West --- Africa, Western. --- Africa, West. --- History --- Western Africa --- West Africa --- Africa, Western

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The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 brings together a collection of documents - all in new English translation - that illustrate aspects of the encounters between the Portuguese and the peoples of North and West Africa in the period from 1400 to 1650. This period witnessed the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews, the emigration of Portuguese to West Africa and the islands, and the beginnings of the black diaspora associated with the slave trade. The documents show how the Portuguese tried to understand the societies with which they came into contact and to reconcile their experience with the myths and legends inherited from classical and medieval learning. They also show how Africans reacted to the coming of Europeans, adapting Christian ideas to local beliefs and making use of exotic imports and European technologies. The documents also describe the evolution of the black Portuguese communities in Guinea and the islands, as well as the slave trade and the way that it was organized, understood, and justified.

Portuguese --- Slave trade --- History --- Africa, West --- Discovery and exploration --- Ethnology --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa --- Arts and Humanities

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Stephanie Newell provides students with fresh, in-depth perspectives on the key debates in the field of West African literature, especially in relation to postcolonialism.

West African literature (English) --- History and criticism. --- English literature --- Africa, West --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa --- Intellectual life. --- In literature. --- Littérature africaine --- Litterature postcoloniale

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Examines what it means to be African and American through the stories of recent West African immigrantsAfrican & American tells the story of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West Africanimmigrants and refugees in the United States during the last forty years. Interrogating the complex role of post-colonialism in the recent history of black America, Marilyn Halter and Violet Showers Johnson highlight the intricate patterns of emigrant work and family adaptation, the evolving global ties with Africa and Europe, and the translocal connections among the West African enclaves in the United States.Drawing on a rich variety of sources, including original interviews, personal narratives, cultural and historical analysis, and documentary and demographic evidence, African & American explores issues of cultural identity formation and socioeconomic incorporation among this new West African diaspora. Bringing the experiences of those of recent African ancestry from the periphery to the center of current debates in the fields of immigration, ethnic, and African American studies, Halter and Johnson examine the impact this community has had on the changing meaning of “African Americanness” and address the provocative question of whether West African immigrants are, indeed, becoming the newest African Americans.

West Africans --- Africans, West --- Ethnology --- Ethnic identity. --- Social conditions. --- Africa, West --- United States --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa --- Emigration and immigration. --- Immigration

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Africa, Western --- Western Africa --- -Africa, West --- -Africa, Western --- Ethnology --- Africa, West --- West Africa --- Antiquities. --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Afrique occidentale --- History --- Antiquities --- Social conditions --- Histoire --- Antiquités --- Conditions sociales --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Conferences - Meetings