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Preface | vii
Introduction: Africa in Harlem | 1
1. The History of Black Manhattan: From Enslaved Africans to African Immigrants | 15
2. Black Radical Politics and African Awakening in the Cold War and Beyond | 30
3. Push and Pull Factors in African Immigration to Harlem | 53
4. Social Networks, Community Building, and Gentrification | 80
5. Relations in Harlem between Africans and African Americans | 99
6. Depictions of Africa in Cinema, the Arts, and Literature | 111
7. A Few Notable Africans in Harlem in 2022 | 134
8. Searching for Africa in the Diaspora | 146
Appendix: Africans in Harlem, Past and Present | 163
Notes | 173
Bibliography and Filmography | 185
Index | 193

Africans in Harlem

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 7 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9780823299126
      978-0823299126
      ISBN-10 0823299120

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Preface | vii
      Introduction: Africa in Harlem | 1
      1. The History of Black Manhattan: From Enslaved Africans to African Immigrants | 15
      2. Black Radical Politics and African Awakening in the Cold War and Beyond | 30
      3. Push and Pull Factors in African Immigration to Harlem | 53
      4. Social Networks, Community Building, and Gentrification | 80
      5. Relations in Harlem between Africans and African Americans | 99
      6. Depictions of Africa in Cinema, the Arts, and Literature | 111
      7. A Few Notable Africans in Harlem in 2022 | 134
      8. Searching for Africa in the Diaspora | 146
      Appendix: Africans in Harlem, Past and Present | 163
      Notes | 173
      Bibliography and Filmography | 185
      Index | 193

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