Africans in Harlem : : An Untold New York Story / / Boukary Sawadogo.

The untold story of African-born migrants and their vibrant African influence in Harlem.From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Harlem was the intellectual and cultural center of the black world. The Harlem Renaissance movement brought together black writers, artists, and musicians from different backgro...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 18 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Africa in Harlem
  • 1. The History of Black Manhattan: From Enslaved Africans to African Immigrants
  • 2. Black Radical Politics and African Awakening in the Cold War and Beyond
  • 3. Push and Pull Factors in African Immigration to Harlem
  • 4. Social Networks, Community Building, and Gentrification
  • 5. Relations in Harlem between Africans and African Americans
  • 6. Depictions of Africa in Cinema, the Arts, and Literature
  • 7. A Few Notable Africans in Harlem in 2022
  • 8. Searching for Africa in the Diaspora
  • Appendix: Africans in Harlem, Past and Present
  • Notes
  • Bibliography and Filmography
  • Index