Africa in Florida

Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State

Amanda B Carlson editor Robin Poynor editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University Press of Florida

Published:30th Jan '15

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Over the course of centuries, recent immigrants from numerous countries in contemporary Africa have influenced the Sunshine State’s history and culture. Through a critical evaluation of the influences and effects of the numerous African and African-influenced cultures that have been a part of the state’s history, this collection of essays and art explores how Florida both shapes and is shaped by the multiple African diasporas that move through it. Africa in Florida challenges the way American history and southern studies have characterized African contributions to the development of the United States by showing how Africans, both free and enslaved, asserted themselves as explorers, farmers, slave owners, artists, and more.

  • Commended for Florida Book Award (Visual Arts) 2015

ISBN: 9780813049663

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1542g

528 pages