Bibliograph

African Europeans, an untold history, Olivette Otele

Type

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African Europeans, an untold history, Olivette Otele

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African Europeans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1195454560

Responsibility statement

Olivette Otele

Sub title

an untold history

Summary

"A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent. Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as "Africans" and those called "Europeans." She gives equal attention to the most prominent figures--like Alessandro de Medici, the first duke of Florence thought to have been born to a free African woman in a Roman village--and the untold stories--like the lives of dual-heritage families in Europe's coastal trading towns. African Europeans is a landmark celebration of this integral, vibrantly complex slice of European history, and will redefine the field for years to come."--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Early encounters: from pioneers to African Romans -- Black Mediterraneans: slavery and the Renaissance -- The transatlantic slave trade and the invention of race -- Neither here nor there: dual heritages and gender roles -- Fleeting memories: colonial America and forgotten figures -- Claiming a past, navigating the present -- Identity and liberation: African Europeans today -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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