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THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS RECENT WORK ON THE NATURE OF THE BLACK DIASPORA IN THE WEST AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AFRICA AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT. IT CONDEMNS THE DISCIPLINARY GULF BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, WHICH HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY IGNORED QUESTIONS OF RACE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND DIASPORA STUDIES WHICH TEND TO FOCUS ON CULTURAL AND RACIAL LINKS WITH AFRICA TO THE EXCLUSION OF QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. THE REVIEW IS CRITICAL OF PERSPECTIVES WHICH IGNORE THE HETEROGENEITY AND VARIETY OF AFRICAN CULTURES AND EXPERIENCE, WHETHER FOR PURPOSES OF CREATING A CARICATURED COLONIAL SUBJECT OR FOR ASSERTING AN UNDIFFERENTIATED UNITY BETWEEN AFRICANS ON THE CONTINENT AND IN THE DIASPORA. IT ARGUES FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE UNIQUENESS AND THE COMMONALITY OF AFRICAN EXPERIENCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Examines the intersection of African studies, development studies, and diaspora studies, focusing on political economy; 7 articles. Contents: Globalisation from below, by Giles Mohan, A.B. Zack-Williams; The African diaspora, "development" & modern African political theory, by Hakim Adi; From Africa to Cuba: an historical analysis of the Sociedad Secreta Abakuá (Ñañiguismo), by Shubi L. Ishemo; An African brain drain: Igbo decisions to immigrate to the US, by Rachel R. Reynolds; Diasporan West African communities; the Kru in Freetown & Liverpool, by Diane Frost; The socio-economic basis of a diaspora community: Igbo bu ike, by Ola Uduku; Zanzibar's turbulent transition, by Greg Cameron.

When I was asked to share some of my reflections on the evolution of African Diaspora studies in the United States, I recalled that a colleague and I mused about the appearance of recent advertisements in scholarly journals for African Diaspora specialists. We also observed that several colleges and universities have courses with African Diaspora in the title. Indeed, Diaspora as a description of the dispersion and settlement of Africans abroad is fairly common in academic parlance today and increasingly so in popular discussions; however, such has not always been the case.

Zack-Williams, A. B.; Mohan, Giles: Editorial: Africa, the African diaspora and development. - S. 205-210. Mohan, Giles; Zack-Williams, A. B.: Globalisation from below: conceptualising the role of the African diasporas in Africa's development. - S. 211-236. Adi, Hakim: The African diaspora, "development" and modern African political theory. - S. 237-252. Ishemo, Shubi L.: From Africa to Cuba: an historical analysis of the Sociedad Secreta Abakuá (ñañiguismo). - S. 253-272. Reynolds, Rachel R.: An African brain drain: Igbo decisions to immigrate to the US. - S. 273-284. Frost, Diane: Diaspora West African communities: the Kru in Freetown and Liverpool. - S. 285-300. Uduku, Ola: The socio-economic basis of a diaspora community: Igbo bu ike. - S. 301-311

▪ Abstract  Archaeologists currently studying the African diaspora generally examine three broad issues, in decreasing order of prominence: the material identification of African identity, the archaeology of freedom at maroon sites, and race and racism. While conducting this research, several scholars have learned that many nonarchaeologists are deeply interested in their interpretations. At the present time, the archaeology of the African diaspora is not a truly global pursuit and the New World is overrepresented. This situation should change as archaeologists around the world discover post-Columbian archaeology and take up diasporic investigations.

The New York Times reports that since 1990 more Africans have voluntarily relocated to the United States and Canada than had been forcibly brought here before the slave trade ended in 1807. The key reason for these migrations has been the collapse of social, political, economic, and educational structures in their home countries, which has driven Africans to seek security and self-realization in the West. This lively and timely collection of essays takes a look at the new immigrant experience. It traces the immigrants' progress from expatriation to arrival and covers the successes as well as problems they have encountered as they establish their lives in a new country. The contributors, most immigrants themselves, use their firsthand experiences to add clarity, honesty, and sensitivity to their discussions of the new African diaspora.

Those concerned with the study of African political economy and 'development' in Africa have often neglected those ideas that emerged from the African diaspora, while those who study the African diaspora have often been more concerned with issues of 'identity' than with the political future of Africa. This article argues that for those who are concerned to study anti‐colonialism, it is difficult to separate the history of Africa and the African diaspora during the colonial period in the early 20thcentury. Many key anti‐colonial ideas were developed as much in the diaspora and in the capital cities of Europe, as they were within the African continent. Ideologies such as Pan‐Africanism, which developed within the diaspora in general, and Britain in particular, drew from the same 19thcentury sources that imposed eurocentric notions on the ideology of African nationalism. However, such ideologies, as developed by activists from the diaspora, created the basis for alternative strategies not only for the anti‐colonial struggle but also for a modern African political theory, a necessary requirement for people‐centred development in post‐colonial African states.