"New Insights into the African American Diaspora" Lecture

“New Insights into the African American Diaspora: The Central African and West African Waves to North America and Brazil.”

Lecture and Book Signing by Dr. Linda Heywood and Dr. John Thornton, distinguished scholars, Professors of African American Studies and History at Boston University, W.E.B. Du Bois Fellows at Harvard University, and authors of many books.

This talk will present recent research illuminating the cultural implications of concentrations of specific African ethnicities in the Americas, with special attention to the waves of Angolans to the Americas in the early 17th century, the Igbo to late 17th and early 18th century Virginia, and the Mina to 18th century Brazil.

Ticket Information
Free and Open to the Public

Event Sponsor
American Studies Department, Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, Chancellor's Office, UH Manoa

More Information
Michelle Zacks, 956-8843, zacks@hawaii.edu, Heywood & Thornton.pdf (PDF)

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