Afropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities, and Culture from Houston to Accra

by Anima Adjepong

Book Overview

Beyond simplistic binaries of "the dark continent" or "Africa Rising," Africans at home and abroad articulate their identities through their quotidian practices and cultural politics. Amongst the privileged classes, these articulations can be characterized as Afropolitan projects -- cultural, political, and aesthetic expressions of global belonging rooted in African ideals. This ethnographic study examines the Afropolitan projects of Ghanaians living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469665190
• ISBN13: 9781469665191
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"