The Akan Diaspora in the Americas

The Akan Diaspora in the Americas
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 521
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ISBN-10 : 9780199889273
ISBN-13 : 0199889279
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Book Synopsis The Akan Diaspora in the Americas by : Kwasi Konadu

Download or read book The Akan Diaspora in the Americas written by Kwasi Konadu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his groundbreaking study of the Akan diaspora, Kwasi Konadu demonstrates how this cultural group originating in West Africa both engaged in and went beyond the familiar diasporic themes of maroonage, resistance, and freedom. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Akan never formed a majority among other Africans in the Americas. But their leadership skills in war and political organization, efficacy in medicinal plant use and spiritual practice, and culture archived in the musical traditions, language, and patterns of African diasporic life far outweighed their sheer numbers. Konadu argues that a composite Akan culture calibrated between the Gold Coast and forest fringe made the contributions of the Akan diaspora possible. The book examines the Akan experience in Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, former Danish and Dutch colonies, and North America, and how those early experiences foreground the modern engagement and movement of diasporic Africans and Akan people between Ghana and North America. Locating the Akan variable in the African diasporic equation allows scholars and students of the Americas to better understand how the diasporic quilt came to be and is still evolving.


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