Friday, 4 October 2013
A must Read: The Akan Diaspora in the Americas by Kwasi Konadu
Posted on 17:20 by kumar
“In his groundbreaking study of the Akan diaspora, Kwasi
Konadu demonstrates how this cultural group originating in West Africa both
engaged in and went beyond the familiar diasporic themes of maroonage,
resistance, and freedom. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the
Akan never formed a majority among other Africans in the Americas. But their
leadership skills in war and
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