| Authors: |
Raboteau, Emily.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Africa -- Emigration and immigration.
African diaspora.
Africans -- Migrations.
Blacks -- Migrations.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2013. |
| Description: |
ix, 305 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780802120038 0802120032 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-305). |
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"The quest for home in the African diaspora"--Jacket. |
| Contents: |
Israel : we're going to Jerusalem. Do you know where Canaan is? ; The Land of Oz ; Tezeta ; Transitioning -- Jamaica : belief kill and belief cure. Home to roost ; The Twelve Tribes ; Roots reggae ; "An island of Zion is no Zion at all" -- Ethiopia : as long as there is Babylon, there must be Zion. Jamaica Town ; Sons and daughters of Ethiopia ; I land ; Birthday of the Patriarch -- Ghana : who will inherit you when you die? Daughters of Obama ; "Nigganese" ; Kindly pass to the next gate ; Points to ponder when considering repatriating home -- Black Belt of the American South : this is the place you were delivered. A dollar and a dream ; Holy Week ; Survivors ; Ishem. |
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| Summary: |
Documents the author's decade-long search for identity and a place of belonging as inspired by African-American and Jewish history as well as the exoduses of black communities that left ancestral homes in search of "promised lands." |