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    42. Back to Africa: Afro-Brazilian returnees and their communities

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Prah,K. K. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    Rondebosch: CASAS
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    Based on a conference which took place in Sandton, Johannesburg from 14-15 July 2008., 346 p., This conference is the first of three conferences on the African diaspora with respect to the returnee phenomenon of 'Back to Africa'. Contents: volume 1. Afro-Brazilian returnees and their communities -- volume 2. The ideology and practice of the African returnee phenomenon from the Caribbean and North-America to Africa.

    48. Black Belizeans and fugitive Mayas: Interracial Encounters on the Edge of Empire, 1750-1803

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Lent,Mark W. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2014-04
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    70(4) : 645-675
    Notes:
    The article focuses on the interactions between anglophone blacks, black Caribbeans, and indigenous southern Mesoamericans during the second half of the 18th century. The author discusses the history of race relations between Europeans, Africans, and Indians within the British and Spanish empires, examines the relationship between Mayas and Spanish colonists, and analyzes the role of religious differences within their encounters.