United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present
ISBN-10
030023483X
ISBN-13
9780300234831
Category
History
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2020-09-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Authors
Toyin Falola, Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Description

A comprehensive history of the relationship between Africa and the United States Toyin Falola and Raphael Njoku reexamine the history of the relationship between Africa and the United States from the dawn of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Their broad, interdisciplinary book follows the relationship's evolution, tracking African American emancipation, the rise of African diasporas in the Americas, the Back-to-Africa movement, the founding of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the presence of American missionaries in Africa, the development of blues and jazz music, the presidency of Barack Obama, and more.

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