An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past
decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore
a trail blazed originally by Melville J. Herskovits, the father of
New World African studies. Since its original publication, the
field has changed considerably. Africanism has been explored in its
broader dimensions, particularly in the area of white Africanisms.
Thus, the new edition has been revised and expanded. Joseph E.
Holloway has written three essays for the new volume. The first
uses a transnational framework to examine how African cultural
survivals have changed over time and readapted to diasporic
conditions while experiencing slavery, forced labor, and racial
discrimination. The second essay is "Africanisms in African
American Names in the United States." The third reconstructs Gullah
history, citing numerous Africanisms not previously identified by
others. In addition, "The African Heritage of White America" by
John Phillips has been revised to take note of many more instances
of African cultural survivals in white America and to present a new
synthesis of approaches.
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