The Akan Diaspora in the Americas

by Kwasi Konadu

Book Overview

In his groundbreaking study of the Akan diaspora, Kwasi Konadu demonstrates how this cultural group originating in West Africa both engaged in and went beyond the familiar diasporic themes of maroonage, resistance, and freedom. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Akan never formed a majority among other Africans in the Americas. But their leadership skills in war and political organization, efficacy in medicinal plant use and spiritual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199922853
• ISBN13: 9780199922857
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"