Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana : the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity, and locating home /
Essien, Kwame,
Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana : the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity, and locating home / Kwame Essien. - 1 online resource - Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series . - Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781609175047 (electronic bk.) 1609175042 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1dzf0k1 JSTOR
Freed persons--History.--Ghana
Immigrants--History.--Ghana
Africans--Emigration and immigration--History.--Brazil
Children of immigrants--History.--Ghana
Affranchis--Histoire.--Ghāna
Africains--Émigration et immigration--Histoire.--Brésil
Enfants d'immigrants--Histoire.--Ghāna
HISTORY--West.--Africa
Children of immigrants.
Colonial influence.
Emigration and immigration.
Freed persons.
Immigrants.
Ghana--Emigration and immigration--History.
Ghana--Colonial influence.
Brazil.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DT511 / .E87 2016
966.700496081
Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana : the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity, and locating home / Kwame Essien. - 1 online resource - Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series . - Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781609175047 (electronic bk.) 1609175042 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt1dzf0k1 JSTOR
Freed persons--History.--Ghana
Immigrants--History.--Ghana
Africans--Emigration and immigration--History.--Brazil
Children of immigrants--History.--Ghana
Affranchis--Histoire.--Ghāna
Africains--Émigration et immigration--Histoire.--Brésil
Enfants d'immigrants--Histoire.--Ghāna
HISTORY--West.--Africa
Children of immigrants.
Colonial influence.
Emigration and immigration.
Freed persons.
Immigrants.
Ghana--Emigration and immigration--History.
Ghana--Colonial influence.
Brazil.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
DT511 / .E87 2016
966.700496081