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    1. Black Activism and American Foreign Policy: From South Africa to Haiti

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Aziabu,Yao Edem (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    1997
    Published:
    Duke University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    547 p, "Variations in preference convergence and issue evolution explain the impact blacks had on U.S. policy more so than variations in organizational power. An analysis to other ethnic groups is also examined."

    2. Reinventing epistolarity: Contemporary Africana women's fiction, citizenship, and human rights

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Walker,Carrie J. (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Nebraska: The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Notes:
    232 p., Calls attention to the renewed popularity of the epistolary novel among Africana contemporary women writers. This work investigates why, since the late nineteen-seventies, there has been a resurgence of this classic form among women writers across the Black Atlantic. The adoption of this genre among women writers in post-colonial contexts is especially significant because the classic epistolary novel was a medium that often endorsed notions of female submission and imperialist ambition. At the same time, the epistolary tradition connotes a revolutionary history. With this idea in mind, the author argues that an examination of how contemporary women revise the epistolary novel offers a crucial perspective regarding the struggles of women throughout various geographic locations and social strata in relation to nation, citizenship, and selfhood. This project focuses on how Sindiwe Magona, Nozipo Maraire, and Paulette Ramsay "reinvent epistolarity," using the epistolary genre to make interventions in the public sphere by depicting Africana women's experiences of education, marriage, inheritance, and health.

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