USA Africa Dialogue Series - New Book Series (Phoenix Publishing)

 

 

Transnational Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora

 

Over the past centuries, the world has witnessed the formation of new cultures in Africa and the African diaspora that have transformed contemporary society. The proposed series "Transnational Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora" examines the impact of colonization on the identity of transnational people from Africa and the African diaspora (mainly Europe, the United States, the Caribbean Islands, the Middle East and Asia), shedding a new light on the new African identities that have emerged all over the world.

The series addresses the complexities of this evolving cultural phenomenon in the 20th and 21st century. It engages forms of identity based on gender, ethnic, geographic, historical, social as well as literary realities. The originality of this series is that it focuses on the emerging field of transnational African identities from an African perspective. The continent of Africa is the center and catalytic force impacting multiple cultural and literary traditions around the world.

Thus, scholars from varied disciplines have the opportunity to engage a wide variety of texts and critical approaches and to situate these literatures in contemporary fields of multidisciplinary inquiry. The series also welcomes current theoretical research interrogating social and racial constructions in Africa and the African diaspora as well as innovative scholarly approaches on the multiple dynamics affecting transnational populations of African descent. Overall, such research positions contemporary Africa as a continent that experiences an ongoing formation and transformation.

 

Book proposals should be sent to Phoenix Publishing Chief Editor at:

info@editionphoenix.com or lsagna@gmail.com

Website: www.phoenixpublishing.org (English site)

              www.editionsphoenix.com (French site)

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Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
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