Most of the papers in this volume were initially presented at the second international conference of the Transatlantic Research Group ... from July 28-30, 2006 at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria., 291 p., Probes the effects of global and local forces in reshaping notions of gender, race, class, identity, human rights, and community across Africa and its Diaspora. Includes Faye V. Harrison's "Building solidarities for human rights: diasporic women as agents of transformation," Jerome Teelucksingh's "The United States media and Caribbean gender relations" and Kelly E. Hayes' "The dark side of the feminine: Pomba Gira spirits in Brazil."
