Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-338) and index. Xi, 356 pages : illustrations, maps 23 cm Africans in the Americas affirms Africa's vital, enduring contribution to the Americas and to the global community. With its broad view of African-American history and its portrayal of the roles of Africans and their descendants in the development of both North and South America, the book confirms the diaspora as an integral part of world history.
It concludes by analyzing race, economics and politics in modern times. This book seeks to explore, in a single, short convenient text, the complex relationship between Africa and the Americas from the early sixteenth century through the end of the twentieth century. Continuing with a comparative history of the slave trade throughout the Western Hemisphere, it then explores the progress of the African experience through emancipation, specifically in the Caribbean, Brazil, Latin America and the United States. Organized chronologically, the book begins with a review of the early history of Africa and details its relationship with Europe.
Africans in the Americas presents a comparative and comprehensive survey of the African diaspora in the Western Hemisphere from the arrival of the first Africans to contemporary times.
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