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1. African Diaspora and the Metropolis

   Reading the African, African American and Caribbean Experience

   Edited by Fassil Demissie

   At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, a number of African American and Caribbean intellectuals and immigrants of the African Diaspora with all their apprehensions set out in steamships en route and carried with them a certain presence to the metropoleis of Europe and...

   Published October 6th 2009 by Routledge
2. Postcolonial African Cities

   Imperial Legacies and Postcolonial Predicament

   Edited by Fassil Demissie

   The book focuses on contemporary African cities, caught in the contradiction of an imperial past and postcolonial present. The essays explore the cultural role of colonial architecture and urbanism in the production of meanings: in the inscription of power and discipline, as well as in the dynamic...

   Published February 22nd 2009 by Routledge