We are currently seeking two to three more essays to complete our timely volume on blackness in the contemporary African Diaspora. The interplay of ethnic, cultural, national, and “racial” identities in the contemporary African Diaspora has nearly reached the level of identity crisis. Many African descended people in the Americas have begun to resist and challenge identities of color while others firmly embrace essentialist notions of race. Globalization has ensured the increased movement of people of African descent around the world coming from such places as Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean to settle in Canada, Europe, and the United States.
These sojourners of the contemporary African Diaspora are fighting to maintain control over the defining features of self and communal identities as they “clash” with American blacks over essentialist notions of blackness. This volume examines race, ethnicity, and culture in the convergence of black societies in the contemporary African Diaspora. We particularly seek completed essays (20 to 25 pages double spaced using Chicago Style only with footnotes) on the following topics to complete this volume (with priority given to topics related to the black presence in Latin America):
- Black Identity in Latin America (a priority)
- The Black Movement in Brazil
- The Black Presence in Peru
- African Immigrants in Europe
- African Immigrants in Canada
- The Black Presence in Asia
Please contact:
Julius O. Adekunle
jadekunl@monmouth.edu
Hettie V. Wiliams
hwilliam@monmouth.edu
Monmouth University,
Department of History and Anthropology
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Contact Information:
For inquiries: jadekunl@monmouth.edu
For submissions: jadekunl@monmouth.edu
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