38 Another elaborate study of bonded populations in the Sokoto Caliphate is the one on the Bida emirate by Michael Mason, who describes how the Bida state, a unit of the Sokoto Caliphate, was established by a Fulani aristocratic family ...
A boon to scholars and policymakers and accessible to the general reader, the book explores diverse narratives of migration and shows that the cultures that migrated from Africa to the Americas have the capacity to unite and create a new ...
"This book examines the character of New World black cultures and their relationships with the plural societies within which they function.
In joining these stories, he shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures and how these patterns resembled those of a number of ...
In weaving these stories together, Manning shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures and how these patterns resembled those of a ...
* How black people established their identities in the African diaspora.
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The African Diaspora: Interpretive Essays