Africans on African-Americans: The Creation and Uses of an African-American Myth

ISBN-13: 9780333669808 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 246 str.

Yekutiel Gershoni

Opis

Between the end of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of World War 2, Africans displaced by colonial rule created an African-American myth - a myth which aggrandized the life and attainments of African Americans despite full knowledge of the discrimination to which they were subjected. The myth provided Africans in all parts of the continent with much needed succour and underpinned various religious, educational, political and social models based on the experience of African Americans whereby Africans sought to better their own lives.

Spis treści

Preface - Introduction - Notes - The Shape and Shaping of the African-American Myth - African Millenarianism and the African-American Myth -African Cultural Nationalism: Contrasting Views of the African American Myth - African-American Models in African Politics - Africans and African-American Educational Models - The South African Liberal Movement and the Model of the American South - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index