The Representation of Africa in Black Atlantic Studies of Race and Literature
In: Africa and Its Significant Others
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Babacar M’Baye
Babacar M’Baye
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Abstract
The Representation of Africa in Black Atlantic Studies of Race and Literature
Critics often represent the relations between African-Americans and Africa in terms of discontinuities, hybridity, and anti-essentialism. This postmodern approach fails to see the strategic values of essentialism and African identification in the Diaspora. A more productive approach is to examine the Afrocentrist and dualist views of Africa in the Diaspora.