UnAfrican Americans
Subtitle: nineteenth-century Black nationalists and the civilizing mission
By: Tunde Adeleke.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Black nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Relations with Africans -- History -- 19th century; Pan-Africanism -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Though many scholars will acknowledge the Anglo-Saxon character of black American nationalism, few have dealt with the imperialistic ramifications of this connection. Now, Nigerian-born scholar Tunde Adeleke reexamines nineteenth-century black American nationalism, finding not only that it embodied the racist and paternalistic values of Euro-American culture but also that nationalism played an active role in justifying Europe's intrusion into Africa." "Adeleke looks at the life and work of Martin Delany, Alexander Crummell, and Henry McNeal Turner, demonstrating that as supporters of the mission civilisatrice ("civilizing mission") these men helped lay the foundation for the colonization of Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-181) and index.