Middle Passages African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005

Name: Middle Passages African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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ISBN: 9780143111986

ISBN-10: 0143111981

ISBN-13: 9780143111986

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Authors: James T. Campbell, David Levering Lewis

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Penguin announces a prestigious new series under presiding editor Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Many works of history deal with the journeys of blacks in bondage from Africa to the United States along the middle passage, but there is also a rich and little examined history of African Americans traveling in the opposite direction. In Middle Passages, award-winning historian James T. Campbell vividly recounts more than two centuries of African American journeys to Africa, including the experiences of such extraordinary figures as Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Malcolm X, and Maya Angelou. A truly groundbreaking work, Middle Passagesoffers a unique perspective on African Americans…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

James T. Campbell is professor of American civilization, Africana studies, and history at Brown University. Robert G. Lee is associate professor of American civilization at Brown University.



Preface



Introduction: What Is Africa to Me?


Prologue: Ayuba's Journey



Windward Coast



Representing the Race



Emigration or Extermination



Mundele Ndom



So Long, So Far Away



The Spell of Africa



Native Son, American Daughter



Black Star



Counting the Bodies


Epilogue: The Language We Cry In


Notes


Bibliographic Essay


Index