African diaspora and the metropolis : reading the African, African American and Caribbean experience

Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners And The Structure Of Black Metropolitan Life / Mpalive-hangson Msiska -- Richard Wright And African Francophone Intellectuals : A Reassessment Of The 1956 Congress Of Black Writers In Paris / Babacar M'baye -- American Philanthropy And African Education : African Students In The Metropolis In The 1960s / Zine Magubane -- 'in My Senegalese Quality And As A Compatriot' : Senegalese Students In The Metropolis And The Language Of Affinity, 1880-1890 / Kelly Duke Bryant -- Paradoxes Of Diaspora, Global Identity And Human Rights : The Deportation Of Nigerians In Ireland / Elisa Joy White -- Pulling The Coat : Postcolonial Performativity In Black British Women's Drama / Kanika Batra -- From Mirage To Image : Africa On Film In The Metropolis, 1955-1975 / Dominic Thomas. Edited By Fassil Demissie. Issue Of African And Black Diaspora, An International Journal. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book explores the complex roles that race, gender, sexuality and history have played in the formation of African Diaspora identities in the metropole since the 19th century. This book was published as a special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.