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AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE : Overview & Bibliography [Paul Q Tilden] Having its origins in the slave narratives and the folktales transmitted orally during that period, the literature of the African American has been rich and varied. Beginning with the first published work of fiction (Clotel; Or, the President's Daughter) in 1853, continuing under the influence of W E B Du Bois during the first part of this century, and reaching a flowering during the Harlem Renaissance, major contributions have been made to American literature. Today African American writers , such as Toni Morrison, Alex Haley, and Maya Angelou are recognised as among the most significant and popular authors in this country. This new book presents an important overview of African-American literature as well as a comprehensive bibliography with easy access provided by title, subject, and author indexes. { 192pp, 180x260mm, June 2003; HB, £56.99, 159033566X:9781590335666 , Nova Science Publishers }
	ART ON BLACK/SHE IN TRANSISHUN [dbi Young (Trudy Young)] d'bi. Young's unusual way of writing her stage name is an indicator of her innovative approach to dub poetry. A performance art, dub poetry has been moved to the printed page since its early beginnings in Jamaica and the Diaspora (Canada, the UK, and the US). The fact that this is d'bi. Young's first book of dub poetry, belies the maturity of a voice that has made impact in other media. young was recently nominated for two Gemini Awards - Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Series and the Viewers Choice Award for Favourite Comedian -- for her role in Lord Have Mercy!, the first black TV sitcom produced in Canada. This book is a must-read for those interested in dub poetry, feminist poetry, and post-colonial poetic forms. These are all dynamic parts of the global cultural landscape, and Canada's cultural discourse. { 89pp, 155x230mm, December 2005; PB, £9.99, 088961458X:9780889614581 , Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) }
	EMBODYING POSTCOLONIAL LIFE : Immigrant Stories of Resistance [Maurice L Hall] This book focuses on the immigrant experiences of Caribbean academics living and working in the United States. Unlike standard texts that present theoretical debates on issues related to post-colonialism, each essay in this work speaks in a personal, passionate, and uncensored way about what it means to live as a Caribbean immigrant in the USA. The experiences here recorded will be familiar to millions of postcolonial peoples who inhabit the First World. { 120pp, 150x230mm, September 2004; PB, £13.99, 1591022592:9781591022596 , Prometheus Books }
	RUDE : Contemporary Black Canadian Cultural Criticism [Rinaldo Walcott (ed)] This is an anthology of critical writing on Black Canadian culture. The anthology is meant to convey the idea of a burgeoning response to Black Canadian cultural expression and what it means both for various Black communities and the Canadian nation. The anthology departs from uncritical celebration to critically engage with Black Canadian expressive cultures. The essayists do more than celebrate Canadian nationalism: they attempt to cast a complex analysis of its limits and its possibilities through the examination of Black lives, cultures and events in Canada and abroad. The book fills a void in the Canadian cultural landscape, where Black responses to the nation are always framed in terms of anti-racism. It attempts to open debate among and across Black communities in Canada, to uncover the complexities of Black life and Black living. It moves beyond the sentimental and the romantic to usher in the era of a forceful Black public cultural criticism, unlike anything that's come before it. { 256pp, 155x230mm, January 2000; PB, £8.99, 189583774X:9781895837742 , Insomniac Press }
	WHAT ANSWER? [Anna E Dickinson] This first and only novel by Anna E Dickinson attracted tremendous interest when it first appeared in the fall of 1868, and was enthusiastically endorsed by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Set in the midst of the Civil War, this controversial work of fiction traces the tragic history of an interracial marriage, which is doomed to disaster by the intolerance of a northern society that refuses to accept racial equality. The central love story provoked strong reactions from supporters and critics alike. Dickinson's friends praised the power of her tale and the poignancy of the lovers' fate, while some critics voiced disgust at the very notion of miscegenation. To portray such a relationship only three years after the Civil War was to many an act of remarkable audacity. With an interesting and informative introduction by J Matthew Gallman (Henry R Luce Professor of the Civil War Era, Gettysburg College), this new edition of a unique work long out of print will be welcome in courses on African American and American his { 316pp, 150x230mm, January 2003; PB, £13.50, 1591020506:9781591020509 , Prometheus Books }
	WHAT'S A BLACK CRITIC TO DO? : Interviews, Profiles & Reviews of Black Writers [Donna Bailey Nurse] This groundbreaking collection of in-depth profiles, unique interviews, incisive essays and succinct reviews on such well-known writers as Toni Morrison, Jamaica Kincaid, Andre Alexis, Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson and Lawrence Hill, among many others, constitutes a frank conversation on the significance of race in the work of contemporary black writers. This book is for anyone looking for a way to talk about the often-taboo topic of race, as it appears in novels, movies and plays. Of interest to black Canadian and African-American readers as well as teachers, librarians and book club members, the book provides a vital snapshot of contemporary culture. { 208pp, 155x230mm, October 2003; PB, £9.95, 1894663527:9781894663526 , Insomniac Press }

	BLACK LIKE WHO? : Writing Black Canada, 2nd Edition [Rinaldo Walcott] Rinaldo Walcott's groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, this book caused such an uproar upon its publication in 1997 that Insomniac Press has decided to publish a second revised edition of this perennial best-seller. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music and the electronic media, Walcott's book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As erudite on the issue of American super-critic Henry Louis Gates' blindness to black Canadian realities as he is on the rap of the Dream Warriors and Maestro Fresh Wes, Walcott's essays are thought-provoking and always controversial in the best sense of the word. They have added and continue to add immeasurably to public debate. { 190pp, 155x230mm, April 2003; PB, £9.95, 1894663403:9781894663403 , Insomniac Press }
	DEATH IN THE QUEEN CITY : Clara Ford on Trial, 1895 [Patrick Brode] A single gunshot on Saturday night, October 6, 1894, shattered Toronto’s prevailing sense of peace and security. That gunshot took the life of Frank Westwood, a respectable young man from one of the city’s most prominent families. This unprecedented attack produced a feeling of hysteria throughout Toronto and baffled the municipal police forces. The mystery was even referred to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. However, even the Great Detective could not solve the Westwood murder. Finally, a chance rumour led to the most unlikely of suspects -- a young Black woman named Clara Ford. She was a most unusual character, a tough, revolver-toting lady who often wore men’s clothing and defied the norms of late Victorian Toronto. While the police increasingly focused their investigation on her, the motives for the killing remained a puzzle. Was Clara seeking revenge for a previous assault, or was she the frustrated lover of a young white man? The trial of Clara Ford captured Toronto’s attention like no other case before it. The evidence revealed a bizarre story of romance and racism. In addition to the wildly unconventional Clara, the cast of characters featured dogged detectives, and wily lawyers who at times seemed to make this cause célèbre more of a theatrical than a judicial display. { 182pp, 155x230mm, June 2005; PB, £15.50, 189704500X:9781897045008 , Natural Heritage Books }
	QUEEN'S BUSH SETTLEMENT : Black Pioneers 1839-1865 [Linda Brown-Kubisch] The Queen's Bush Settlement of Waterloo/Wellington counties was generally known as a fugitive slave settlement. However, free Blacks from the US and Canadian-born Blacks also lived there. This book provides an overview of the introduction of Blacks into Canada, the early black settlements, the work of Paola Brown, the involvement of missionaries and mission, the AME Church, the BME Church, Fidelia Coburn, Lewis Champion Chambers and other people and events. The emphasis, however, is on the people of the Queen's Bush Settlement. Here the situation was tenuous at best. Many Black residents were prevented from acquiring land by the Crown Land Agents and wealthier white settlers. The author's research continues into establishing these residents' relocation, some of whom returned to the United States, and some of whom migrated to other areas of Ontario. This work will be of great interest to local history enthusiasts and historians interested in Ontario's Black History. Genealogists involved in tracing family connections with the early habitants of the Queen's Bush will find a list of Blacks who lived in that settlement between 1839 and 1865, based on a variety of sources including census, tax, assessment, land, marriage and death records. { 340pp, 155x230mm, February 2004; PB, £17.50, 1896219853:9781896219851 , Natural Heritage Books }
	UNDERGROUND RAILROAD : Next Stop, Toronto! [Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper & Karolyn Smardz Frost] This richly illustrated book examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and 'conductors'. Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it also explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show 'The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!' at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made Toronto their home before the Civil War. It portrays life in the city during the nineteenth century in considerable detail. This exciting new book will be of interest to readers young and old who want to learn more about this unexplored chapter in Toronto's history. { 104pp, 200x200mm, November 2002; PB, £10.50, 1896219861:9781896219868 , Natural Heritage Books }

	100 GREATEST AFRICAN AMERICANS : A Biographical Encyclopedia The 100 people who are included range from former slaves such as Crispus Attucks and Phillis Wheatley to more contemporary individuals such as Amiri Baraka and Toni Morrison. Among others are sports figures Jesse Owens and Tiger Woods, performers Marian Anderson and Bill Cosby, and political activists Marcus Garvey and Jesse Jackson. Each portrait covers two to four pages that summarize the person's life, work, and importance and is accompanied by a black-and-white photograph or illustration. There is enough variety so that students with assignments will have no trouble focusing on someone in their area of interest. { 350pp, March 2003; HB, £33.99, 1573929638:9781573929639 , Prometheus Books }
	AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MINNESOTA : Telling Our Own Stories [Nora Murphy & Mary Murphy-Gnatz] This book features true stories about the lives and times of nine children and adults whose contributions to their state's history span nearly two centuries, from the early 1800s to the present day. These stories include accounts of family life, school days, chores, games and amusements, employment, escapes from slavery, and immigration. The twentieth-century stories include examples of experiences with racial discrimination and interest in civil rights activities, as well as events in the lives of a recent immigrant from Somalia and his family. { 88pp, 280x215mm, February 2000; PB, £7.99, 0873513800:9780873513807 , Minnesota Historical Society Press }
	BUFFALO SOLDIERS : The Colored Regulars in the United States Army [Dr T G Steward] African American soldiers distinguished themselves for valour during the Civil War and their service in defence of the Union went a long way toward securing the civil rights of all black Americans after the war. Enhanced by an extensive foreword by Frank N. Schubert, chief of Joint Operational History for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an expert on the Buffalo Soldiers, this work remains a model of careful narrative history and still the single best source of information on the role of the black soldiers in the war against Spain. { 320pp, 150x230mm, September 2003; PB, £12.99, 1591021073:9781591021070 , Prometheus Books }
	CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, & DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES & OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NIGER VALLEY EXPLORING PARTY : and Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party [Martin R Delany] With an introduction by Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin, this new edition of these two provocative and intriguing nineteenth-century documents sheds much light on the black nationalism movement in the context of African American history. { 354pp, 137x213mm, March 2004; PB, £12.99, 1591021596:9781591021599 , Prometheus Books }
	ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY [William Weir] William Weir's Encyclopedia of African American Military History is designed to provide long overdue recognition to the outstanding accomplishments of hundreds of African American servicemen. Thoroughly researched and historically accurate, with numerous illustrations, this comprehensive and substantive reference work is written to be accessible, engaging, and informative for all readers. { 450pp, 150x230mm, July 2004; HB, £73.50, 1591021693:9781591021698 , Prometheus Books }
	FREEDOM'S JOURNEY : African American Voices of the Civil War [Donald Yacovone] The men and women represented in this book had the extraordinary opportunity of witnessing the end of a 200-year struggle for freedom: the Civil War. Gathered here are the stirring testimonies of many African Americans including slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters, soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights, and reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. These African American voices include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R Delany on his meeting with Lincoln to gain permission to raise an army of African Americans; Susie King Taylor on her life as laundress and nurse to a Union regiment in the deep South; Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress, on Abraham Lincoln's journey to Richmond after its fall; Elijah P Marrs on rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky; letters from black soldiers to black newspapers; and much more. Each testimony is presented unabridged, allowing the full flavour of these voices to be heard, and each is supplemented with introductions and notes that provide rich context. REVIEW: "The editors have done an exceptional job... highly recommended to school and public collections..." -- Kliatt. "Yet another outstanding anthology from Lawrence Hill Books in its Library of Black America series...." -- Dallas Morning News. "Gives voice to soldiers, slaves, journalists, and abolitionists, providing the under-explored perspective of Blacks who lived through the Civil War..." -- The Crisis. "An excellent compilation..." -- Booklist. "Great find of the month..." -- Detroit Free Press. { 568pp, 155x230mm, February 2004; HB, £26.99, 1556525117:9781556525117 / PB, £14.99, 1556525214:9781556525216 , IPG (Lawrence Hill Books) }
	LYNCHINGS IN DULUTH [Michael Fedo] On the evening of June 15, 1920, in Duluth, Minnesota, three young black men, accused of the rape of a white woman, were pulled from their jail cells and lynched by a mob numbering in the thousands. Michael Fedo, a former journalist, tells the story in a clear, sober manner, weaving a skilful narrative. Using newspaper accounts, court records, state files, and interviews with ageing and often reluctant witnesses, he recounts the small but telling stories of individual participants and observers -- both blacks and whites -- in a manner that casts them as ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary moments of violence and hatred. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the lynching of black men was typically a rural, southern phenomenon. This account of the Duluth lynchings shows that the mentality necessary for such events was not particular to any region. { 208pp, 155x225mm, May 2000; PB, £9.99, 087351386X:9780873513869 , Minnesota Historical Society Press }
	MY LARGER EDUCATION : Chapters from My Experience [Booker T Washington] In this book, a sequel to his famous autobiography, Up from Slavery (1901), Booker T Washington lays out his philosophy of hard work and cooperative attitudes in persuasive and reasonable terms. He describes the men and experiences that had a lasting influence on his thinking and the impressive achievements of his Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. { 320pp, 150x230mm, October 2004; PB, £13.50, 1591022630:9781591022633 , Prometheus Books }
	ON LYNCHINGS : New Edition [Ida B Wells-Barnett] Though the end of the Civil War brought legal emancipation to blacks, it is a fact of history that their social oppression continued long after. The most virulent form of this ongoing persecution was the practice of lynching carried out by mob rule, often as local law enforcement officials looked the other way. During the 1880s and 1890s, more than 100 African Americans per year were lynched, and in 1892 alone the toll of murdered men and women reached a peak of 161. In that awful year, the twenty-three-year-old Ida B Wells, the editor of a small newspaper for blacks in Memphis, Tennessee, raised one lone voice of protest. In her paper she charged that white businessmen had instigated three local lynchings against their black competitors. In retaliation for her outspoken courage a goon-squad of angry whites destroyed her editorial office and print shop, and she was forced to flee the South and move to New York City. So began a crusade against lynching which became the focus of her long, active, and very courageous life. In New York she began lecturing against the abhorrent vigilante practice and published her first pamphlet on the subject called "Southern Horrors". After moving to Chicago and marrying lawyer Ferdinand Barnett, she continued her campaign, publishing "A Red Record" in 1895 and "Mob Rule" in New Orleans, about the race riots in that city, in 1900. All three of these documents are here collected in this work, a shocking testament to cruelty and the dark American legacy of racial prejudice. Anticipating possible accusations of distortion, Wells-Barnett was careful to present factually accurate evidence and she deliberately relied on southern white sources as well as statistics gathered by The Chicago Tribune. Using the words of white journalists, she created a damning indictment of unpunished crimes that was difficult to dispute since southern white men who had witnessed the appalling incidents had written the descriptions. Along with her husband she played an active role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Due to her efforts, the NAACP launched an intensive campaign against lynching after World War I. Her work remains important to this day not only as a cry of protest against injustice but also as valuable historical documentation of terrible crimes that must never be forgotten. This new edition is enhanced by an introduction by Patricia Hill Collins, professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. { 202pp, 140x215mm, April 2002; PB, £12.99, 1591020085:9781591020080 , Prometheus Books }
	PECULIAR IMBALANCE : The Fall & Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota [William D Green] In the 1850s, as Minnesota Territory was reaching toward statehood, settlers from the eastern United States moved in, carrying rigid perceptions of race and culture into a community built by people of many backgrounds who relied on each other for survival. History professor William Green unearths the untold stories of African Americans and contrasts their experiences with those of Indians, mixed bloods, and Irish Catholics. He demonstrates how a government built on the ideals of liberty and equality denied the rights to vote, run for office, and serve on a jury to free men fully engaged in the lives of their respective communities. { 218pp, 155x230mm, February 2007; HB, £21.99, 0873515862:9780873515863 , Minnesota Historical Society Press }

	AFRICAN CENTERED RESPONSE TO RUBY PAYNE'S POVERTY THEORY [Dr Jawanza Kunjufu] This challenge to influential educator Ruby Payne's theories about the impact of class differences and economics on teaching and learning puts forward other factors as better predictors of student performance. Pointing to success stories in schools that serve low-income students, this refutation of Payne's popular teacher-training program asserts that teacher expectations, time on task, and the principal's leadership are the main factors in determining educational outcomes at a school. Abandoning Payne's framework of teacher-student income disparities, racial makeup, and per-pupil expenditure, this critical analysis asserts the human component as the most powerful tool for improving education in failing schools. { 174pp, 155x215mm, April 2007; PB, £10.99, 1934155004:9781934155004 , IPG (African American Images) }
	AFROCENTRICITY : The Theory of Social Change [Molefi Kete Asant] Discussed in this cross-disciplinary work is the theory of 'Afrocentricity', which mandates that Africans be viewed as subjects rather than objects and is driven by the question: Is it in the best interest of African people? This book looks at how this philosophy, ethos, and worldview gives Africans a better understanding of how to interpret issues affecting their communities. History, psychology, sociology, literature, economics, and education are explored, including discussions on Washingtonianism, Garveyism, Du Bois, Malcolm X, race and identity, Marxism, and breakthrough strategies. { 148pp, 140x215mm, September 2003; PB, £9.99, 0913543799:9780913543795 , IPG (African American Images) }
	BLACK HUMANIST EXPERIENCE : An Alternative to Religion [Norm R Allen (ed)] As the first book exclusively dedicated to humanists of African descent, "The Black Humanist Experience" gives Black humanists the opportunity to discuss their many and varied reasons for leaving the religious fold and embracing a humanist life stance. As a minority within a minority in the United States, African American humanists often feel isolated and misunderstood. And across the globe humanists are in the minority among Blacks just as they are among all races. These thoughtful essays help to draw attention to the vitality of the humanist movement within the Black community while putting to rest many myths about humanists. Contrary to popular stereotypes, most humanists do not reject religion out of disillusionment, ignorance, desperation, or misanthropy. The contributors to this volume, coming to secular humanism from many different backgrounds, demonstrate that the decision to adopt the humanist viewpoint is based on intellectual honesty and the best information provided by science, history, comparative religion, and other scholarly disciplines. Moreover, they show that a central concern of humanists of all races and nations is the preservation and promotion of what humanist philosopher Paul Kurtz calls the "common moral decencies" shared by most religious and ethical systems. At a time when faith-based organisations are favoured politically, especially within the Black community in America, this timely collection of essays shows that humanism, with its emphasis on reason, free inquiry, moral decency, and justice, offers much to Blacks world-wide. { 275pp, 155x230mm, November 2002; PB, £13.99, 1573929670:9781573929677 , Prometheus Books }
	BLACK MALE IN WHITE AMERICA [Jacob U Gordon (ed)] This book explores twelve related research topics, each constituting a chapter. These chapters reflect the magnitude of the problems facing the African-American male. The book also documents the success stories of African American men and how they have lived beyond stereotypes and other odds. These issues are not likely to go away in the 21st century. They require government action and individual initiative toward a civil society in which America's promise can be a reality for all Americans, thus making sure that no single American will be left behind. { 227pp, 180x260mm, February 2004; PB, £17.50, 1590337573:9781590337578 / HB, £31.50, 1590333705:9781590333709 , Nova Science Publishers }
	COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA [Tavis Smiley] Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from health and education to crime reduction and financial well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornel West, professor of Religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically. Though the African American community faces devastating social disparities -- in which more than 8 million people live in poverty -- this celebration of possibility, hope, and strength will help leaders and citizens keep Black America moving forward. { 254pp, 155x230mm, February 2006; PB, £7.99, 0883782774:9780883782774 , IPG (Third World Press) }
	FROM GHETTO TO COMMUNITY [Billy Vance] An in-depth sociological study, this book examines the current state of the black community in America and advances theories for improving its quality of life. Exploring issues that confront black America in its effort to identify and remedy societal ills, it addresses such tough questions as: Do African American children understand and appreciate the struggle of the civil rights movement?; How has it come about that one third of all African American males have experience within the criminal justice system?; and Have black Americans lost their identification with African culture? Other topics covered include the role of cultural institutions in the black community, strategies for empowerment, and relationships between race, culture, and class. { 146pp, 140x215mm, May 2001; PB, £9.99, 0913543713:9780913543719 , IPG (African American Images) }
	PROPHETS OF A JUST SOCIETY [Jake C Miller] This book was made possible by a grant from the United Negro College and Fellowship Program, and a leave of absence by Bethune-Cookman College. It was written for the purpose of enhancing knowledge of non-violent resistance as a means of resolving social conflicts. Specifically, the book analyses the contributions of Mohandas K Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Albert J Luthuli and Desmond M Tutu to the non-violent effort. The book is dedicated both to those who have sacrificed to advance the cause of peace through non-violent resistance, and those who continue to advocate its use. { 258pp, 155x230mm, September 2001; HB, £39.50, 1590330684:9781590330685 , Nova Science Publishers }
	SOUTHERN WOMEN, 2ND EDITION : Black & White in the Old South [Sally G McMillen] McMillen summarises the latest thinking about the lives of women in the South, both white and black, elite and ordinary. One of the best features of the book is the author's ability to weave the lives of all these women together in the same chapters. The excellent introduction is followed by four chapters on Family Life and Marriage, Reproduction and Childrearing, Social Concerns: Education and Religion, and Women at Work. McMillen points out that many myths still surround antebellum Southern women. They were much more complicated people than the women portrayed in many novels and histories. Of course, they cannot be lumped into one group as they differed according to time, region, race, and class, but all were influenced by living in a rural, agricultural, slave society. In this society women were supposed to be submissive and hardworking and devoted to the family and home; each person had a place and women were supposed to know theirs. { 135x205mm, September 2001; PB, £12.99, 0882959638:9780882959634 , Harlan Davidson }
	SWEET RELEASE : The Last Step to Black Freedom [James Davidson Jr, Ph.D.] African Americans have come a long way in the difficult upward struggle from slavery to the relatively broad freedoms enjoyed today. Together, as a potent and well-knit group, they have battled endlessly in their march toward freedom. Finally, according to psychologist James Davison Jr, the last step to freedom for black Americans has arrived. But, that last step must be taken as individuals -- not as a collective. In this assessment of the problems and potentials facing African Americans, Dr Davison argues that in order for achieving individuals to advance to the final step of freedom, they must break free from the mental shackles created by the black community. The central theme of Sweet Release is that the forces that impinge most upon psychological freedom for black Americans come from within. Guilt for being successful, shame in reaction to the misbehaviours of race peers, demands to give back to the community, and accusations of trying to be white are just a few of the mechanisms that thwart psychological freedom for black persons. Dr Davison argues that individual lifestyles, aspirations, even identities are constrained by the spectre of racial unity. As a result, for black advancers, what remains to be overcome is not "the system" or "them", but internalised community attitudes that put a choke hold on individual freedom. Unafraid of controversy or candid assessment, Dr Davison addresses these and other thorny issues with psychological insight while offering strategies to move beyond group constrictions toward personal freedom. { 277pp, 155x230mm, December 2007; HB, £16.99, 1591025583:9781591025580 , Prometheus Books }

	COLORED WOMAN IN A WHITE WORLD [Mary Church Terrell] In this autobiography, originally published in 1940, Terrell describes the important events and people in her life. With a new introduction by Debra Newman Ham, professor of history at Morgan State University, this new edition of Mary Church Terrell's autobiography will be of interest to students and scholars of both women's studies and African American history. { 488pp, 150x230mm, June 2005; PB, £13.99, 159102322X:9781591023227 , Prometheus Books }
	I KNOW WHO I AM : A Caribbean Woman's Identity in Canada [Yvonne Bobb-Smith] Dr Yvonne Bobb-Smith explores the knowledge and history of resistance of Caribbean women in Canada, using her own journey as a personal place from which to navigate the generalised experience of settlement and adjustment in the Diaspora. I Know Who I Am investigates the stories of 45 Caribbean women of different backgrounds and heritages. Bobb-Smith presents their conceptualisation of the experiences of racism and sexism in their everyday lives and their strategizing resistance. This book is about empowerment in the lives of Caribbean women. This empowerment is seen as an enabling mechanism to resist an 'immigrant woman' identity, imposed through racism and sexism during the period of adjustment in Canada. Bobb-Smith uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine subjectivity, experience, agency, and resistance in the lived experiences of Caribbean women in Canada. She demonstrates that the historical past left a legacy of domination and resistance. She further shows how Caribbean women's activism in community organising constructed an alternative women's movement in Canada. Her voice emerges as a strong contribution to the discourse of identity, and the re-imagining of "home" as an educative institution and process. { 249pp, 155x230mm, January 2003; PB, £13.99, 0889614148:9780889614147 , Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) }
	WHO DA MAN : Black Masculinities & Sporting Cultures [Gamal Abdel-Shehid] This book offers a highly original approach to Black masculinities and sport in Canada. The book will be especially exciting for those interested in decolonisation, culture, and the intersection of identity, sport, and politics. 'Who Da Man' attempts to account for the ways that Black Diasporic identifications intersect with the dominant misogyny and homophobia in contemporary men's sporting cultures. Abdel-Shehid suggests that thinking about Diaspora in the making of contemporary Black sporting cultures provides a more comprehensive framework than that which looks at sport solely within the framework of nations and nationalism. He further argues that Canadian hegemonic ideas and practices typically marginalise blackness and Black peoples. Thus, the author suggests, Black masculinities in sport are often connected to Diasporic locations. These connections can be either empowering or disempowering, requiring careful analysis to achieve full understanding of how things are being perceived, projected, and therefore implemented. 'Who Da Man' offers a feminist and queer reading of Black masculinity, and suggests that thinking about Black sporting masculinities means paying attention to the ways that these larger discourses of racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities. Moreover, the book asks to what extent homophobia and misogyny within men's sporting cultures influence contemporary understandings of Black masculinity. REVIEW: "Gamal Abdel-Shehid's book will change not merely our understanding of how racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities in sport; Who Da Man opens up the field of Sport Sociology to literatures of decolonisation, Diaspora, queer, and cultural studies. It will not be possible to think about the study of sport in the same way again..." -- Dr Debra Shogan, University of Alberta. { 200pp, May 2005; PB, £12.99, 1551302616:9781551302614 , Canadian Scholars' Press }

	BLACK MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS : with Bibliographies, 1789-2004 [Mildred L Amer (ed)] Thirty-nine black members serve in the 107th Congress, all in the House of Representatives. In 210 years of congressional history, there have been 107 black members of Congress: 103 elected to the House and four to the Senate. The first black member of Congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels (R-MS) who first served in the Senate in the 41st Congress (1870). The first black member of the House was Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC), also serving in the 41st Congress. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY), elected to the 91st through 97th Congresses (1969-1983), was the first black woman in Congress. Since that time, 20 other black women have been elected, including Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL, 1993-1999), who was the first black woman, as well as first black Democrat, elected to the Senate. The majority of the black members have been Democrats (80), while there have been 27 black Republicans. The black members of Congress have served on all major committees. Sixteen have served as committee chairmen, 15 in the House and one in the Senate. This book enumerates and gathers information about all black members in congressional history. { 76pp, 140x215mm, July 2007; PB, £24.99, 1594547459:9781594547454 , Nova Science Publishers }
	CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS & FOREIGN POLICY (1971-2002) [Raymond W Copson] The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been involved in the shaping of foreign and domestic policy issues since 1971, although it is more known for the role it has had in domestic affairs. As a minority within Congress, in order to be recognised and dealt with, the CBC has worked in coalition with other Members to achieve some of its aims. A certain pragmatism and willingness to give some leeway has been necessitous -- yet often times CBC members will risk arrest by protesting US foreign policy to call attention to its own agenda. For the most part, the issues that the Caucus has dealt with in areas of foreign policy were: (1) During the 1970's, African issues and particularly southern Africa, (2) by the 1980's, broadened to include Haiti and Haitian refugees, other Caribbean issues and defence budget. This comprehensive book shows the CBC's 25 year struggle to sway US foreign policy in order to achieve a favourable outcome of its goals. Some of the successes that the CBC is responsible for are the Rhodesia and South African sanctions, aid to Africa, as well as favourable change in Haiti. Major challenges that the CBC faces in years to come, are also discussed. { 50pp, 140x215mm, May 2003; PB, £23.50, 1590337018:9781590337011 , Nova Science Publishers }
	DARKWATER : Voices from Within the Veil [W E B Du Bois & Joe R Feagin] First published in 1920, this ground-breaking work by the pioneering African-American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) is not only original and probing in its brilliant ideas but also experimental in presentation, ranging from detailed socio-political analyses to lyrical and poetic presentations. After an opening autobiographical essay, Du Bois launches a series of critical commentaries on some of the most important issues pertaining to White-Black relations, including White bigotry, Black voting rights, and Black-White labour relations. Many of Du Bois's criticisms of a world social and economic system that marginalises people of colour still resonate today, especially in debates over globalisation. Another perennially relevant issue addressed in this book is the fate of Africa after colonialism. Du Bois's farsightedness in advocating for women's rights, in emphasising the critical importance of childhood education for all races, and in critiquing an unjust economic system that concentrates power and wealth in the hands of a few is as penetrating today as it was when he first penned his views over eighty years ago. With an insightful introduction by University of Florida Graduate Research Professor of Sociology Joe R. Feagin, this edition of a classic work in Black Studies makes available the influential ideas of a leading African American scholar and advocate of reform. { 299pp, 140x215mm, January 2003; PB, £13.50, 1591020573:9781591020578 , Prometheus Books }
	FEEDING THE WOLF : John B Rayner & the Politics of Race, 1850-1918 [Gregg Cantrell] This biography of an African-American educator and Populist leader, the son of a politically powerful slaveholder from North Carolina, recounts his experiences as a local Republican officeholder in the 1870s through to organiser for the Texas People's Party in the 1890s, and after. { 149pp, 140x210mm, March 2001; PB, £9.99, 0882959611:9780882959610 , Harlan Davidson }
	FREDRICK L MCGHEE : A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912 [Paul D Nelson] Distinguished by his hawk-like gaze and shock of silver hair, his forceful oratory and fierce advocacy, Fredrick L McGhee was Minnesota's first African American attorney and an intelligent, tireless civil rights organiser. He moved onto the national stage when he helped found the Niagara Movement. Despite McGhee's crucial role in early civil rights organising, until now there has been no serious study of his life and work. Nelson has meticulously reconstructed McGhee's life -- from his birth into slavery during the Civil War, through his education and early career as a lawyer, to his eventual insight into the power the courts held as a force for political and social change. The succession of incremental advances and devastating setbacks in McGhee's remarkable and accomplished life deserve to be remembered alongside the victories won by the civil rights leaders he influenced and whose breakthroughs he made possible. Nelson's biography illuminates one of the darkest periods in American history and recognises the role of one man who helped lead his people into the light. { 236pp, 155x230mm, February 2002; HB, £19.99, 0873514254:9780873514255 , Minnesota Historical Society Press }
	MALCOLM X & THE THIRD AMERICAN REVOLUTION : The Writings of George Breitman [Anthony Marcus PhD] One of those rare leaders on the American left who appealed to both blacks and whites, George Breitman helped lay the foundations for one of the most remarkable developments of American political history after World War II: the brief but promising relationship between black liberationist Malcolm X and the Trotskyist Socialist Workers' Party (SWP). This valuable collection of the key writings of a leading figure on the radical American left provides a unique view into important social movements and major events of 20th-century American history. { 400pp, 150x230mm, September 2005; HB, £25.50, 1591020972:9781591020974 , Prometheus Books }
	MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CD : We Shall Overcome Martin Luther King Jr embraced Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance and civil disobedience and applied them to challenge the unjust, discriminatory practices employed by a predominantly white society against black people. These principles guided him as he articulated with a persuasive, spellbinding, emotional intensity the injustices and indignities practised against his race and against the other coloured peoples of the world. In 1964 Dr King won the coveted Nobel Peace Prize and accepted the prize in Oslo, Norway. Here in this second volume of highlights of major MLK speeches, we find Mr King delivering a major speech, recorded in 1966, highlighted by 'The American Dream' and 'We Shall Overcome'. Two years later he would be shot by an assassin while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Approximate running time: 46 minutes. { January 2002; CD, £10.99, 1885959419:9781885959416 , Soundworks Inc }
	MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR -- I HAVE A DREAM DVD Features highlights of major speeches given by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches included are: Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC (28 August 1963); Brown Chapel, Selma, Alabama (8 March 1965); Final Speech, day before Dr King's Assassination (3 April 1968); Robert F Kennedy Eulogy (4 Paril 1968). { January 2005; DV, £13.50, 1885959362:9781885959362 , Soundworks Inc }
	NEGRO [W E B Du Bois; Introduction by Kenneth W Goings] This classic treatise by W E B Du Bois (1868-1963), the most important African American leader of the first half of the twentieth century and the cofounder of the NAACP, presents a brief history of Africa and people of African descent. To appreciate this pioneering work, published in 1915, it is important to recall the historical context of American society at the start of the last century. As historian Kenneth Goings points out in his introduction, during the first half of Du Bois's life, there were between 3000 and 5000 lynchings of African American men, women, and children; separation of the races was upheld by the Supreme Court (Plessy v Ferguson, 1896); the vast majority of black Americans lived in abject poverty; and bogus racial theories that invariably put African Americans at the bottom of a racial hierarchy were commonly accepted, even in educated circles. More than eighty-five years after its first publication, "The Negro" is still well worth reading as a groundbreaking work. { 243pp, 150x230mm, December 2001; PB, £13.50, 1573929603:9781573929608 , Prometheus Books }
	NEGRO PROBLEM : Centennial Edition [Booker T Washington] Over one hundred years ago, African Americans looked forward to the new twentieth century with mixed feelings of pride and discouragement. It was at this uncertain time that this interesting collection of articles by leading African American citizens was published to address what was then commonly known as 'the Negro problem'. Looking back at this synopsis of African American affairs one can get a good sense of both the progress made and the problems yet to be overcome, some of which have still not been fully addressed. Issued in the centennial year of its original publication, this new edition of a valuable classic is complemented by an informative foreword by Bernard R. Boxill, professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. { 140pp, 137x213mm, September 2003; PB, £13.50, 1591021065:9781591021063 , Prometheus Books }
	POLITICS OF "RACE" : Canada, Australia, the United States [Jill Vickers] Inspired by Anthony Marx's thesis that 'States make Race', the authors show how race regimes worked in Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United States. The main argument is that race is a defining characteristic of politics and has played, and continues to play, a central role in the political systems of present-day societies. This is a book that inserts race as a core element in the political science paradigm, as it addresses the questions of why and how race became a central aspect of contemporary politics. { 222pp, 155x230mm, January 2001; PB, £11.99, 0919614922:9780919614925 , Dundurn Press }
	SAVINGRACE : Calling on the New Talented Tenth [Kimberlee Nichole Payton] In 1903, E B Du Bois wrote an essay entitled 'The Talented Tenth' in which he said it was the responsibility of the top-earning and best educated blacks in America to uplift the standards of all African Americans in order to save the race. Focusing on the problem of class distinctions within the black community, this book examines the increasing separation between poor blacks and their wealthier co-racial associates, even noting a desire for separation among the better off. Wealthier members of the black community are urged to take inspiration from other oppressed minorities such as Jews and Asians who have become successful through tradition of helping each other. { 340pp, 152x228mm, December 2008; HB, £17.50, 1591025818:9781591025818 , Prometheus Books }

	BLACK LIBERATION & THE AMERICAN DREAM : The Struggle for Racial & Economic Justice [Paul le Blanc (ed)] This interesting collection of essays and readings concentrates on the connections between racial justice and economic justice, but also explores the dynamic intersections of race, class, and gender. The underlying theme is that comprehending and acting upon such connections and intersections provide the key to overcoming racism. { 350pp, 150x230mm, December 2003; PB, £18.99, 1591021545:9781591021544 , Prometheus Books }
	CRISIS OF THE BLACK INTELLECTUAL [W D Wright] A re-examination of Harold Cruse's classic Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, published in 1967 at the height of the civil-rights movement and now required reading in African American studies courses, this polemic pays tribute to the earlier book's importance and takes to task the current generation of black scholars for failing to meet Cruse's rigorous standards for public commentary. Detailing the evolution of black-intellectual discourse since the 1960s, this assessment points to a lack of ongoing discussion about the role of intellectuals -- black or white -- in our society and insists that the experience of black Americans is so complex it deserves the closest and most honest scrutiny possible from black writers and academics. Instead, the book is sad to report, today's scholars are often caught up in media battles such as those described in the chapters "Three of a Kind: Black Conservatives, Black Liberals, and Black Radicals" and "Why Black Female Intellectuals Tend to Shout." { 369pp, 155x230mm, April 2007; PB, £17.99, 0883782510:9780883782514 , IPG (Third World Press) }
	ERASING RACISM : The Survival of the American Nation [Molefi Kete Asante] In this profound study of America's persistent racial divide, Molefi Kete Asante, one of our leading scholars of African American history and culture, discusses the festering issue of systemic racism. As Asante makes clear, America continues to be a nation of two peoples with very different histories and perspectives -- a white majority that mainly perceives a land of promise and a black minority very much aware that too many African Americans are still consigned to a ghetto wilderness on the margins of society. Despite the legal and social progress of African Americans since the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the bitter legacy of slavery and subsequent racial injustice continues to haunt American society. This is a powerful, deeply perceptive analysis of a crucial social problem by one of America's leading thinkers on race. { 275pp, 150x230mm, April 2003; HB, £18.99, 1591020697:9781591020691 , Prometheus Books }
	FOREIGN-BORN AFRICAN AMERICANS : Silences Voices in the Discourse on Race [Festus E Obiakor & Patrick A Grant] In this book immigrant minorities from Africa and the Caribbean tell their unique stories. These "new" Americans recount their travels in the American maze, and thus, allow their voices to be heard. Who really cares for these voices? They do care and Americans should care! Foreign born African Americans frequently find themselves in precarious situations. They confront three intriguing questions: How Black are they? How much racism do they endure? How do they survive in spite of the odds? In reality, they are Blacks who are Black enough to encounter problems that other Blacks in America experience. However, they also understand that they must succeed in a competitive complex society like America. On the one hand, they are grateful to be in America; but on the other hand, they wonder why they must cross so many rubicons to achieve their goals. This book is unique! Never before have voices of Africans (from Africa and the Caribbean) been heard in this manner!! These voices provide multidimensional cases for scholars, educators, program planners, community leaders, and politicians. This book could be a required text for courses in international/global education, intercultural education, and multicultural education. It could also be a supplementary text for courses in general education and African/African American Studies. In fact, it should be on the reading list of every American interested in making our world a better place to live. { 196pp, 140x215mm, December 2005; PB, £14.99, 1590337557:9781590337554 / HB, £39.50, 1590331915:9781590331910 , Nova Science Publishers }
	RACE & JUSTICE [Rudolph Alexander Jr] African Americans and whites differ regarding the extent to which they believe that race impinges upon American institutions. Typically, African Americans state that racism is more of a factor in American society than what whites say. Whites state that race is not much of a factor in contemporary society and that charges of racism made by African Americans are disingenuous, indicating an attempt by some African Americans to exploit a situation for personal benefits. Whatever racism has existed in society has been long gone, according to many whites. Furthermore, some social commentators state that racial advancement, as it applies to African Americans, has been tremendous, tacitly marking slavery as the beginning and comparing that period to contemporary society. This book acknowledges that, indeed, improvement in racial interaction has occurred, but significant issues still remain. Issues remain in education, employment, social interaction, and the legal system. Framed differently, African Americans receive less justice than whites and other groups. This book delineates the contours of African Americans receiving less justice in several areas. It begins with a discussion of the history of race and justice, laying the roots for a double standard that negatively applies to descendants of Africans. The animus shown towards African Americans is unparalleled in comparison to other groups in America. { 123pp, 155x230mm, October 2001; PB, £17.99, 1560729856:9781560729853 / HB, £47.50, 1560728094:9781560728092 , Nova Science Publishers }
	RACE, RHETORIC & IDENTITY : The Architecton of Soul [Molefi Kete Asante] Asante examines a wide range of cultural phenomena that continue to reflect underlying racial problems, including media distortions, the identity crisis among African Americans, the rhetoric of education, the exploitations of bureaucracies, 'the tyranny of reason without passion', African voices expressed through European literary forms, and arguments about justice and reparations. { 250pp, 145x210mm, December 2005; HB, £19.50, 1591023181:9781591023180 , Prometheus Books }
	RACISM : A Bibliography with Indexes [Albert J Wheeler] Of all mankinds' vices, racism is one of the most pervasive and stubborn. Success in overcoming racism has been achieved from time to time, but victories have been limited thus far because mankind has focused on personal economic gain or power grabs ignoring generosity of the soul. This bibliography brings together the literature providing access by subject groupings as well as author and subject indexes. { 319pp, 175x255mm, December 2000; HB, £39.50, 1560728566:9781560728566 , Nova Science Publishers }
	STOKELY SPEAKS : From Black Power to Pan-Africanism [Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) & Mumia Abu-Jamal] In the speeches and articles collected in this book, the black activist, organizer, and freedom fighter Stokely Carmichael traces the dramatic changes in his own consciousness and that of black Americans that took place during the evolving movements of Civil Rights, Black Power, and Pan-Africanism. Unique in his belief that the destiny of African Americans could not be separated from that of oppressed people the world over, Carmichael's Black Power principles insisted that blacks resist white brainwashing and redefine themselves. He was concerned not only with racism and exploitation, but with cultural integrity and the colonization of Africans in America. In these essays on racism, Black Power, the pitfalls of conventional liberalism, and solidarity with the oppressed masses and freedom fighters of all races and creeds, Carmichael addresses questions that still confront the black world and points to a need for an ideology of black and African liberation, unification, and transformation. { 227pp, 140x210mm, January 2007; PB, £9.99, 1556526490:9781556526497 , IPG (Lawrence Hill Books) }
	UPROOTING RACISM : How White People Can Work For Racial Justice, 2nd Edition [Paul Kivel] 'Uprooting Racism' has sold over 25,000 copies since its first printing. Substantially revised and expanded, this new edition has more tools to help white people understand and stand-up to racism. The book explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. It moves beyond the definition and unlearning of racism to address the many areas of privilege for white people and suggests ways for individuals and groups to challenge the structures of racism. The book's welcoming style helps readers to look at how we learn racism, what effects it has on our lives, its costs and benefits to white people, and what we can do about it. In addition to updating existing chapters, the new edition explores how entrenched racism has been revealed in the new economy, the 2000 electoral debacle, rising anti-Arab prejudice, and health care policy. Special features include exercises, questions, and suggestions to engage, challenge assumptions, and motivate the reader towards social action. Includes an index and an updated bibliography. { 269pp, 155x230mm, September 2003; PB, £14.50, 0865714592:9780865714595 , New Society Publishers }

	AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE COLONIAL ERA, 2ND EDITION : From African Origins through the American Revolution [Donald Wright] When the first edition of this revolutionary book appeared in 1990, it seemed that the study of African Americans in slavery was out of temporal and geographical balance. Most of the time that slavery existed in the United States was the colonial period. Yet the focus of the study of American slavery -- and indeed of the history of all African Americans before the Civil War -- long had been on the institution as it operated in the Cotton South from about 1830 to 1860. African Americans in the Colonial Era served as an early corrective to that imbalance, and a broad wave of new historical literature on African-American colonial history has since emerged. Carefully revised and greatly expanded in light of that new scholarship, the second edition of this highly popular book also includes new topics such as African-Americans in colonial Louisiana and Spanish Florida. Readers will be taken through the totality of the early African-American experience, with material on west African culture; the Atlantic slave trade; the regional differences under which the institution operated; the rise of race-based prejudice; the role of African-Americans in the American Revolution; and the manifestation and evolution of the African-American family and community, the keystone to the formation of African-American culture. { 256pp, 140x210mm, January 2000; PB, £12.99, 0882959557:9780882959559 , Harlan Davidson }
	RECOLLECTIONS OF A FORMER SLAVE [James L Smith] Originally published in 1881 Mr Smith created a detailed narrative of his long, eventful life, a testament to his very survival under conditions of extreme hardship. Unlike the eloquent, stirring rhetoric of Frederick Douglass, James Smith's prose is simple and plain spoken. As such his words have the unmistakable sound of authenticity and what he has to say in his unadorned fashion is all the more poignant. { 168pp, 150x230mm, May 2004; PB, £13.50, 1591022045:9781591022046 , Prometheus Books }
	BROKEN SHACKLES : Old Man Henson From Slavery to Freedom [Glenelg (John Frost); Edited by Peter Meyler] In 1889, 'Broken Shackles' was published in Toronto under the pseudonym of Glenelg. This very unique book, containing the recollections of a resident of Owen Sound, Ontario, an African American known as Old Man Henson, was one of the very few books that documented the journey to Canada from the perspective of a person of African descent. Now, over 112 years later, a new edition of 'Broken Shackles' is available. Henson was a great storyteller and the spark of life shines through as he describes the horrors of slavery and his goal of escaping its tenacious hold. His times as a slave in Maryland, his refuge in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and his ultimate freedom in Canada are vividly depicted through his remembrances. The stories of Henson's family, friends and enemies will both amuse and shock the readers of this book. It is interesting to discover that his observations of life's struggles and triumphs are as relevant today as they were in his time. { 240pp, 155x230mm, October 2001; PB, £14.99, 1896219578:9781896219578 , Natural Heritage Books }
	ENSLAVING CONNECTIONS : Changing Cultures of Africa & Brazil During the Era of Slavery [Jose C Curto (ed)] This unique collection of twelve essays by internationally known scholars deals with the important, but under-explored, topic of the transatlantic linkages between western Africa and Brazil during the era of the slave trade (c. 1600-1850). Divided into three major parts, the collection focuses in the first section on the Portuguese-Brazilian slave trade. The second section examines the impact of western Africans on the making of colonial and post-independence Brazil. The final section explores the effects of Brazil and Afro-Brazilians on western Africa. This important volume of cutting-edge research and analysis makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of slavery in the Americas. { 323pp, 150x230mm, September 2003; HB, £23.50, 1591021537:9781591021537 , Prometheus Books }
	MY BONDAGE & MY FREEDOM [Frederick Douglass; Introduction by Bill E Lawson] This moving, eloquently told first-person account of a man who was born and raised as a slave, made two attempts at escape before reaching freedom, educated himself against all odds, and went on to become a leading abolitionist and spokesperson for African Americans should be essential reading for anyone who truly wants to understand American history. This unabridged 1855 edition also contains a new introduction by scholar of African American philosophy Bill E Lawson, an appendix including extracts from speeches, and a fascinating letter Douglass wrote in his later years to his former master. { 472pp, 140x215mm, July 2002; PB, £14.99, 1591020069:9781591020066 , Prometheus Books }