ISBN:
9781611862195
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxvii, 364 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series
DDC:
966.700496081
Keywords:
Freedmen History
;
Immigrants History
;
Africans Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Children of immigrants History
;
Ghana Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Ghana Colonial influence
;
Brasilien
;
Ghana
;
Afrikaner
;
Diaspora
;
Migration
Description / Table of Contents:
Reverse diaspora: dissonance of memory, voyages of hope and degrees of return -- Historicizing the returnee presence in Gã Mã -- The social history of Gã Mã (Accra), colonialism, and their impact on the Brazilian-African diaspora -- The evolution of land in Gã Mã and Brazilian-African diaspora: paradox of freedom and the birth of conflicts -- Escaping slavery into colonialism and squabbles: how colonial projects and internal disputes threatened Brazilian land/diaspora -- Brazilians together, Brazilians apart: the "family trees" and the process of becoming Gã -- (Re) creating Brazilian slavery in an enabling environment -- Contributions by the Brazilian-Africans and the Tabom -- "Fading" diaspora and memory: how the Brazilian government and the Tabom are preserving Brazil House and crisscrossing the Atlantic in full circle -- Epilogue: telescoping Lula's unfulfilled promise and implications for the Tabom's visit to Brazil.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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