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Unprecedented in scope and detail, "Brothers and Strangers" is a vivid history of how the mythic Africa of the black American imagination ran into the realities of Africa the place. In the 1920s, Marcus Garvey--convinced that freedom from oppression was not possible for blacks in the Americas--led the last great African American emigrationist movement. His U.S.-based Universal Negro Improvement Association worked with the Liberian government to create a homeland for African Americans. Ibrahim Sundiata explores the paradox at the core of this project: Liberia, the chosen destination, was...

An account of the rise, fall, and persistence of the 20th century's Black Zionist dream -- the movement's creation of a homeland in Africa.

 The troubled history of Equatorial Guinea reflects the history of other developing nations. The author traces the state's troubled path from colonialism to independence, emphasizing the obstacles that separate Equatorial Guinea from complete self-sufficiency.