As stated in the title, the book’s goal is to illustrate diaspora experiences of African peoples in a comparative framework, that is, to present “Atlantic history within a black cultural context” (p. xix). Diaspora is understood as a paradigm of empowerment and as an analytical tool to underline the “international dimensions, commonalities, and discontinuities in the histories of communities of color.” It is another valuable publication from the Comparative Black History doctoral program at Michigan State University, incorporating the work of junior and senior researchers in a field that has grown immensely over the past decades (for example, see the bibliography compiled by Erik Hofstee, pp. 419–69).
Divided into four sections (comparative diaspora historiography; identity and culture; domination and resistance in the New World; and society and power in the Atlantic world), this collection approaches the concept of diaspora from very different angles. Differences in the definitions and accents posed...
