Brothers and Strangers: Black Zion, Black Slavery 1914-1940 by Ibrahim Sundiata

October 25, 2004 3:47 AM

Africa is supposedly without history. Soundiata not only shoes how ludicrious this idea is, he relates Africa’s history, particularly but not exclusively Liberia’s, with the history of the United States in ways that will surprise you. There is so much good scholarship here, and the writing keeps moving along the whole way through.


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