1st Edition
Black Writers Abroad A Study of Black American Writers in Europe and Africa
By Robert Coles
Copyright 1999
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1999 Black Writers Abroad puts forward the theory that African American literature was born, partially within the context of a people and its writers who lived, for the most part, in slavery and bondage prior to the Civil War. It is an in-depth study of black American writers who, left the United States as expatriates. The book discusses the people that left, where they... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Escape From Slavery
3. Black Abolitionists in Great Britain
4. Emigration
5. Expatriates and the New Negro
6. The French Scene
7. Black American Writers in Ghana During the Nkrumah Era
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Robert Coles
