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UNINA9910798504803321 |
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Autore |
Essien Kwame |
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Titolo |
Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana : the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity and locating home / / Kwame Essien |
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East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-277-6 |
1-60917-504-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freed persons - Ghana - History |
Immigrants - Ghana - History |
Africans - Brazil - Emigration and immigration - History |
Children of immigrants - Ghana - History |
Ghana Emigration and immigration History |
Ghana Colonial influence |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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