Gold Coast Diasporas: Identity, Culture, and Power (Blacks in the Diaspora)

Gold Coast Diasporas: Identity, Culture, and Power (Blacks in the Diaspora)Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as "Coromantee" or "Mina." Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker's absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New World

supercharge their unique talents and surprise even “King” James by playing the game their own way

and bringing his tormented humanity to bear on the plight of others

The authors highlight the historical continuity both of military interference and elite rivalries over state control discernable in the agonizingly slow and unsettled transformation of West Africa's political landscape

and early warning systems allow people to evacuate

On his deathbed

Most people

The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history

and cultural actors on the world scene

he takes the boy to the gym and shows him how to use free weights and become bigger and stronger

Both elegy and praise song

He discusses how the primal cosmology also transmitted key components of sacred science

he finds himself caught between his mother’s worsening mental health and his father’s attempts to reconnect