This anthology presents a new study of the worldwide African diaspora by bringing together diverse, multidisciplinary scholarship to address the connectedness o

The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been d

Patrick Manning follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Ame

There has been much recent celebration of the success of African 'civil society' in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the bac

As Africans and descendants of slaves have sought to expand an understanding of their history, focus on the African diaspora--the global dispersal of a people a