| Description |
xii, 477 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228
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| Summary |
Over the last several decades, historians have conducted extensive research into contact between the United States and West Africa during the era of the transatlantic trade. Yet we still understand relatively little about more recent relations between the two areas. This multidisciplinary volume presents the most comprehensive analysis of the U.S.-West African relationship to date, filling a significant gap in the literature by examining the social, cultural, political, and economic bonds that have, in recent years, drawn these two world regions into increasingly closer contact. Beginning with examinations of factors that linked the nations during European colonial rule of Africa, and spanning to discussions of U.S. foreign policy with regard to West Africa from the Cold War through the end of the twentieth century and beyond, these essays constitute the first volume devoted to interrogating the complex relationship -- both historic and contemporary -- between the United States and West Africa. -- Publisher description. |
| Note |
Papers based on an international conference held Apr. 28-30, 2005, convened by the Africa Program, University of Texas at Arlington. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
West Africa and the United States in historical perspective / Adebayo Oyebade and Toyin Falola -- The U.S. consulate and the promotion of trade in Sierra Leone, 1850-80 / Ibrahim Kargbo -- Stranded families : free colored responses to Liberian colonization and the formation of Black families in nineteenth-century Richmond, Virginia / John Wess Grant -- The Garvey aftermath: the fall, rise, and fall / Ibrahim Sundiata -- Economic relations between Nigeria and the United States in the era of British colonial rule, ca. 1900-1950 / Ayodeji Olukoju -- The United States' economic and political activities in colonial West Africa / Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani -- Developing a "sense of community" : U.S. cultural diplomacy and the place of Africa during the early Cold War period, 1953-64 / Karen B. Bell -- African Americans in Ghana and their contributions to "nation building" since 1985 / Kwame Essien -- Perspectives on Ghanaians and African Americans / Harold R. Harris -- The chasm is wide : unspoken antagonisms between African Americans and West Africans / Fred L. Johnson III -- Double consciousness and the homecoming of African Americans : building cultural bridges in West Africa / Bayo Lawal -- Sierra Leoneans in America and homeland politics / Alusine Jalloh -- The United States and West Africa : the institutionalization of foreign relations in an age of ideological ferment / Peter A. Dumbuya -- U.S. foreign policy toward West Africa : democracy, economic development, and security / Andrew I.E. Ewoh -- U.S. economic assistance to West Africa / Abdul Karim Bangura -- The West African enterprise network : business globalists, interregional trade, and U.S. interventions / Anita Spring -- Poverty alleviation in Sierra Leone and the role of U.S. foreign aid : an institutional trap analysis / Stephen Kandeh -- Post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy toward Liberia and Sierra Leone / Osman Gbla -- The United States and security management in West Africa : a case for cooperative intervention / Olawale Ismail -- Radical Islam in the Sahel : implications for U.S. policy and regional stability / Stephen A. Harmon -- Undoing oil's curse? : an examination of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project / Ken Vincent -- U.S. foreign policy agenda, 2005-9 : why West Africa barely features / Christopher Ruane. |
| Subject |
Africa, West -- Relations -- United States -- Congresses.
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United States -- Relations -- Africa, West -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
Interactions |
| Added Author |
Jalloh, Alusine, 1963-
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Falola, Toyin.
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| ISBN |
1580463088 (pbk.) |
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9781580462778 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1580462774 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781580463089 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000043109976 |
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NLGGC 317463438 |
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