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...Hendrik Kraay The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities . Edited by Okpewho Isidore , Davies Carole Boyce , and Mazrui Ali A. . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 2001 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliographies. Index...

...David Geggus Slavery and African Life: Occidental, Oriental, and African Slave Trades . By Manning Patrick . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1990 . Plates. Maps. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index , xi , 236 pp. Cloth . $49.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke...

... practice and politics. African Kings and Black Slaves is one of the boldest and most successful attempts yet to engage the fields of African studies, history, and critical theory equally. African Kings and Black Slaves does not rebuff the history of early Iberian commercial interest in Guinea...

...Kim D. Butler Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil . By Patricia de Santana Pinho . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2018 . Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xv , 253 pp. Paper, $29.95 . Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press...

... of scholarly inquiry” (p. 201). The first essay, by Elizabeth R. Wright, provides a close reading of the surviving chronicle of the first enslaved West Africans purposely captured and brought to Portugal in 1444, highlighting the moment when the “Iberian Black Atlantic [was] taking shape before...

...Diana Deg. Brown Sacred Leaves of Candomblé: African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil . By Voeks Robert A. . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1997 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xvii, 236 pp. Cloth, 37.50. Paper , $17.95...

...A. J. R. Russell-Wood Portugal, Spain, and the African Atlantic, 1343-1490: Chivalry and Crusade from John of Gaunt to Henry the Navigator . By Russell Peter E. . Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate , 1995 . Maps. Notes. Index, xiv, 327 pp. Cloth . $88.95 . Copyright 1997 by Duke...

... important by Netti, p. 17), and both Latin American articles are based on comparisons with African music (contrary to what Hood suggests, p. 28). The editor explains that her goal is to provide the scholarly community with a collection of ethnomusicological essays covering Africa and the Afro-Americas...

...Frederick P. Bowser The interested student could ask for no better introduction to the subject of African slavery in Latin America, and Klein provides informative and extensive bibliographical notes for further study. The specialist is also in for a pleasant surprise. Though in a strict sense...

...Melina Pappademos The Coolie Speaks: Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba . By Yun Lisa . Asian American History and Culture . Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press , 2008 . Tables. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography . xxiii , 312 pp. Copyright 2011 by Duke...

...Mieko Nishida Hotel Trópico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 1950 – 1980 . By Dávila Jerry . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2010 . Photographs. Tables. Notes. Bibliography . Index . xi , 312 pp. Paper . Copyright 2011 by Duke University Press 2011...

...Ben Vinson, III The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas . By Eltis David . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2000 . Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index . xvii , 353 pp. Cloth , $59.95 . Paper , $19.95 . Copyright 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 David Eltis...

...Patricia Pinho Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil . By Fryer Peter . Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England , 2000 . Illustrations. Maps. Appendixes. Notes. Discography. Index . xiv , 267 pp. Cloth , $55.00 . Paper , $24.94 . Copyright 2001...

...Catherine Benoît Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas . By Carney Judith A. . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2001 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xiv , 240 pp. Cloth , $37.50 . Copyright 2003 by Duke...

...David Northrup Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas: Restoring the Links . By Hall Gwendolyn Midlo . University of North Carolina Press , 2005 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xxi , 225 pp. Cloth , $34.95...

...Gregory S. Crider Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910 – 1920 . By Horne Gerald . American History and Culture . New York : New York University Press , 2005 . Photographs. Notes. Index . x , 274 pp. Cloth , $60.00 . Paper , $20.00 . Duke...

...Michael J. Gonzales Minorities in Phoenix: A Profile of Mexican American, Chinese American, and African American Communities, 1860–1992 . By Luckingham Bradford . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1994 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Index . xiv , 258 pp. Cloth . $35.00...

...Peter Blanchard Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean . Edited by Davis Darién J. . Wilmington : Scholarly Resources , 1995 . Tables. Notes. Glossary , xxvi , 301 pp. Cloth , $40.00 . Paper , $14.95 . Copyright 1996 by Duke University...

... to the Jesus estate—one an illegitimate child, the other a former slave—reveals complex social and legal dynamics that surrounded debates over illegitimacy and family rights throughout the nineteenth century. Digging deeper into the life story of the African-descended grandfather whose death sparked...