02955nam 2200601 450 991016277080332120200520144314.01-62895-277-61-60917-504-2(CKB)3710000000834042(EBL)4691325(MiAaPQ)EBC4691325(OCoLC)957137279(MdBmJHUP)muse53791(Au-PeEL)EBL4691325(CaPaEBR)ebr11267964(EXLCZ)99371000000083404220161007h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBrazilian-African diaspora in Ghana the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity and locating home /Kwame EssienEast Lansing, Michigan :Michigan State University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (403 p.)Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-219-1 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.Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series.FreedmenGhanaHistoryImmigrantsGhanaHistoryAfricansBrazilEmigration and immigrationHistoryChildren of immigrantsGhanaHistoryGhanaEmigration and immigrationHistoryGhanaColonial influenceElectronic books.FreedmenHistory.ImmigrantsHistory.AfricansEmigration and immigrationHistory.Children of immigrantsHistory.966.700496081Essien Kwame907830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162770803321Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana2102528UNINA