Discusses the oral and written life histories and other personal testimonies of African Americans. It clears up the realities behind invisible enclaves and spotlight of the immigrant's own history. Professor John H. McWhorter argues that modern America is the home to millions of immigrants who were born in Africa. He notes that their cultures and identities are separated between Africa and the U.S. However, his vision of an unencumbered, native-born black ownership of black is considered optimistic. Transnational identities of immigrants and their children are formed, negotiated and projected primarily within their experiences.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
372 p, "Historical survey of African peoples in the Americas ranges geographically from British North America to Spanish South America and chronologically from early colonial era to 20th century. Over half of text deals with African-American cultures within modern nations of the Western Hemisphere. Intended for the general reader, work has few footnotes and a sparse bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.;
