Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World

<p>This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement middle passage American experience and return to Africa of a single cultural group the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World.<br /><br />The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele Christine Ayorinde Matt D. Childs Gibril R. Cole David Eltis Toyin Falola C. Magbaily Fyle Rosalyn Howard Robin Law Babatunde Lawal Russell Lohse Paul E. Lovejoy Beatriz G. Mamigonian Robin Moore Ann O'Hear Luis Nicolau Parés Michele Reid João José Reis Kevin Roberts and Mariza de Carvalho Soares.<br /><br />Blacks in the Diaspora--Claude A. Clegg III editor<br />Darlene Clark Hine David Barry Gaspar and John McCluskey founding editors</p>