African Presence in the Americas

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CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION—FAMILY ALBUM OF A GRAND SITTING Iva E. Carruthers
PART I NEGRITUDE, OR THE ESSENCE OF BLACK AWARENESS
	AIMÉ CÉSAIRE: INTERFACES WITH THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Richard Long
	WHAT IS NEGRITUDE TO ME Aime Cesaire
	NEGRITUDE AND THE CIVILIZATION OF THE UNIVERSAL Léopold Sédar Senghor
	THE AESTHETICS OF NEGRITUDE: A METAPHOR FOR LIBERATION Rex Nettleford
	TOWARDS A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NEGRITUDE J. Edward Greene
PART II RACISM IN THE AMERICAS: CASE STUDIES
	AFRICAN CULTURAL RESPONSES TO SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION IN THE AMERICAS John Henrik Clarke
	THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL Abdias do Nascimento
	THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN PERU José Carlos Luciano Huapaya
	THE RACE QUESTION IN COSTA RICA Quince Duncan
	THE LIFE OF BLACKS IN ECUADOR Antonio Preciado Bedoya
	RACE RELATIONS IN PANAMA Justo Arroyo
	AFRO-NICARAGUANS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SANDINISTA REVOLUTION Bassette Cayasso
	AFRO-CUBANS AND THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION Carlos Moore
	THE GARIFUNAS IN HONDURAS Roy Guevara Arzu
	BLACK BUSINESS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES Jean Crusol
PART III AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE AMERICAS AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE
	TOGETHER Maya Angelou
	THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHILDREARING PRACTICES TO CHAOS AND CHANGE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY Mari Evans
	THE BLACK WOMAN IN BRAZIL Lelia Gonzalez
	THE CONTINUING SAGA OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA Betty Parker Smith
	A HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN IN CANADA Adrienne Shadd
PART IV THE AFRICAN WORLD AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
	THE CONTINUING CRISIS OF IDENTITY IN THE AMERICAS Val T. McComie
	CONCEPTUALIZING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Ruth Simms Hamilton
	THE ROLE OF BLACK INTELLECTUALS IN FORGING BLACK UNITY Manuel Zapata Olivella
	THE EVOLUTION OF RACISM INTO THE 21ST CENTURY lva E. Curruthers
	GLOBAL ÁFRICA IN FLUX: THE DIALECTIC OF DIVERSITY IN THE BLACK WORLD Ali A. Mazrui
	EPILOGUE—-“THE NEGRITUDE CONFERENCE”: A PERSONAL ASSESSMENT OF ITS IMPACT YEARS LATER Francena Thomas
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