[A] rich and engaging work that should be read and discussed by all interested in how lessons from Africa's past and present connects to the future of African and other diaspora communities across the globe. William Ackah, AFRICA AT LSE A highly valuable stimulation to confront the issue of race, its intimate relationship with modernity, ... Read moreand its structuring effects on past and present globalization processes. H-SOZ-KULT Not only a significant scholarly contribution to African-American studies but also an invaluable addition to existing studies on globalization, international politics and development. Because of its accuracy of facts and simplicity of styles, this book is a must-read for scholars and students of African and African-American studies as well as people seeking general knowledge on contemporary global history, government, economics and politics. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS CENTRE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES This tour de force shows mastery of the literature and the themes that connect Africa to its diaspora. A gift that will be well appreciated by both academics and nonacademics.
Edmund Abaka, associate professor of history, University of Miami In The African Diaspora, Falola provides a comprehensive report on continental and intercontinental African migrations and displacements, past and present. Students of African history and economics, Africana migration, critical race theory, and development studies will find it hard to ignore this enriching contribution to global Africana scholarship. Even more significant are the invaluable policy insights that policy researchers and makers can garner from Falola's gem.
Tunde Bewaji, professor of philosophy, University of the West Indies In this fascinating book, Toyin Falola, the most prolific and celebrated African historian of his generation, offers us an erudite and engaging study of African Atlantic diasporas from slavery to Obama. It brilliantly weaves together accounts of the old and new diasporas' political, social, cultural, intellectual, and artistic histories and of their enduring resilience and complex connections to their African homeland. This book immeasurably expands the analytical contours of the field of African diaspora studies. An impressive achievement.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Presidential Professor of African American Studies and History and dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University Show Less