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Joseph E. Harris

Also known as: Joseph Earl Harris, Prof. Harris Joseph

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Joseph Earl Harris (born July 2, 1929, North Carolina) is an eminent scholar of the history of Africa and the African diaspora. He is a pioneer in the study of the African diaspora to Asia, and championed the recognition of the African diaspora as a global phenomenon. Harris’ university studies were conducted at Howard University (B.A., 1952; M.A., 1956) and Northwestern University (Ph.D., 1965). Dr. Harris served as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954. During his studies, Harris taught at Howard University, Morgan State College, and Loch Haven State College, and was a contract teacher in Guinea.

Obviously, the shadow of the title of Paul Gilroy's book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness hangs over any discussion of "the African diaspora."

— from The African diaspora

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Africans and their history

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Traces the political history of Africa from ancient societies to contemporary times.

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Global dimensions of the African diaspora

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Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora collects selected essays from the First and Second African Diaspora Institutes and other essays. This revised second edition, with broader geographical scope than the first edition, places greater emphasis on historical and sociopolitical analysis. New essays that examine the African experience and slavery in the Mediterranean, the black experience in Brazil, African religious retentions in Latin American countries, and essays by women that focus on the experience and contributions of African women of the diaspora address significant areas omitted in the first volume.

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The African diaspora

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As Africans and descendants of slaves have sought to expand an understanding of their history, focus on the African diaspora - the global dispersal of a people and their culture - has increased. African studies have assumed a prominent place in historical scholarship, and a growing number of non-African scholars has helped revise a discipline established over several decades. The six contributions in this volume were compiled as a result of the thirtieth Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures held at the University of Texas at Arlington. The contributors, nationally recognized in the field, represent a collaborative analysis of the African diaspora from African and non-African perspectives.

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