Benjamin Talton offers a remarkable study of Mickey Leland, former Black Power-era activist turned US congressman, who marshaled US humanitarian relief to address Marxist Ethiopia's famine and food crises in other Global South countries. Grounded in Ethiopian and US political and resistance movements, Talton wonderfully weaves together a work of African diaspora, Black internationalism, and African American political histories to illustrate African American politicians’ influence on US involvement in African affairs during the 1980s.
Politics of Social Change in Ghana
With Ghana's colonial and postcolonial politics as a backdrop, this book explores the ways in which historically marginalized communities have defined and redefined themselves to protect their interests and compete politically and economically with neighboring ethnic groups.
Black Subjects in Africa and Its Diasporas
Through the research and experiences of 16 scholars whose native homes span ten countries, this collection shifts the discussion of belonging and affinity within Africa and its diaspora toward local perceptions and the ways in which these notions are asserted or altered.
