Congo love song: African American culture and the crisis of the colonial state

An examination of "black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, [Dworkin] brings to light a long-standing relations...

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1. Verfasser: Dworkin, Ira 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2017]
Schriftenreihe:The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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Zusammenfassung:An examination of "black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, [Dworkin] brings to light a long-standing relationship that challenges familiar presumptions about African American commitments to Africa. Dworkin offers compelling new ways to understand how African American involvement in the Congo has helped shape anticolonialism, black aesthetics, and modern black nationalism" ...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xviii, 439 Seiten, [8] unnumerierte Seiten Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele, Porträts, Karte
ISBN:9781469632711