Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba.Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allowstudents to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of theslave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinaryperspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into theAtlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yorubaidentities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba inthe New World.The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele, Christine Ayorinde, Matt D. Childs, Gibril R. Cole, David Eltis, Toyin Falola, C.Magbaily Fyle, Rosalyn Howard, Robin Law, Babatunde Lawal, Russell Lohse, Paul E.Lovejoy, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Robin Moore, Ann O'Hear, Luis Nicolau Par s, Michele Reid, Joao Jos Reis, Kevin Roberts, and Mariza de CarvalhoSoares.Blacks in the Diaspora -- Claude A. Clegg III, editorDarlene Clark Hine, David Barry Gaspar, and John McCluskey, foundingeditors