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
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
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
This book considers how the establishment and/or improvement of gender equality impacts on the social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental and politica
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