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Historical Mapping of the Global African Diaspora

When I made my first journey to Africa, eminent scholars who with the support of respected institutions studied African Americans as problems were insisting to us and proclaiming to others that we had no culture and definitely no African heritage. My experiences in Cameroon demonstrated the contrary as well as teaching me about the...

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Learning a New Culture in Central Africa

I left the United States for the first time at age nineteen to spend a summer living with a family in Cameroon in Central Africa. That brief, intense experience determined the rest of my life. Africa was portrayed then, in movies and on television, by Tarzan, Jungle Jim, and their female counterpart, Sheena, Queen...