Oscar C Labang's The New African-Americans: The Politics of Naming in a Racialized Context is a thrilling, thought provoking and controversial treatise on questions of diasporic experiences, transcultural/national identities and the psychology of belonging or feeling at home with regard to the epistemologies of naming; African American, Afro American, Black American or simply American. Professor Charles Ngiewih Teke Senior European Marie-Curie (IIF) Researcher University of Munich - Germany