| Why Blacks Left America for Africa: Interviews with Black Repatriates, 1971-1999 Contributor(s): Johnson, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275965953 ISBN-13: 9780275965952 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 304.836 |
| LCCN: 98-56072 |
| Lexile Measure: 1000 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.42" W x 9.56" (0.87 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why do Black Americans go to Africa? How do they react to their ancestral motherland? Why do some return to the States and others remain? Obviously each has an individual story, but in these in-depth interviews, Professor Robert Johnson gives voice to many of their reasons and responses. The interviews speak to the essential question of Black Americans and their links--emotional, spiritual, and even physical--to Africa, or the lack thereof. After an introductory survey of efforts from the 18th century onward to relocate back to Africa, Johnson presents the interviews conducted from the early 1970s and onward. The voices are both male and female, and the reactions cover a range of responses, all of which makes this compelling reading for students and researchers of cultural diversity, Black studies, American studies, ethnic studies, and African studies. |