African, American: from Tarzan to Dreams from my father - Africa in the US imagination

Preface : 'Africa in my head' -- 'Brightest Africa' in the early twentieth century -- Post-war America and the 'new Africa' -- From political to personal : white and black America confront a transformed continent -- Gendered American quests in 'timeless Africa' -- Africa cosmopolitan in the new millennium -- Conclusion : the in between.