Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana
Subtitle: the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity and locating home
By: Kwame Essien
Series: Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series; Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781611862195; 9781609175047; 9781628952773; 9781628962772
Subjects: Freedmen; Africans; Colonial influence; Children of immigrants; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reverse diaspora: dissonance of memory, voyages of hope and degrees of return --; title: Historicizing the returnee presence in Gã Mã --; title: The social history of Gã Mã (Accra), colonialism, and their impact on the Brazilian-African diaspora --; title: The evolution of land in Gã Mã and Brazilian-African diaspora: paradox of freedom and the birth of conflicts --; title: Escaping slavery into colonialism and squabbles: how colonial projects and internal disputes threatened Brazilian land/diaspora --; title: Brazilians together, Brazilians apart: the "family trees" and the process of becoming Gã --; title: (Re) creating Brazilian slavery in an enabling environment --; title: Contributions by the Brazilian-Africans and the Tabom --; title: "Fading" diaspora and memory: how the Brazilian government and the Tabom are preserving Brazil House and crisscrossing the Atlantic in full circle --; title: Epilogue: telescoping Lula's unfulfilled promise and implications for the Tabom's visit to Brazil.