The Black Diaspora: Five Centuries of the Black Experience Outside Africa

by Ronald Segal

Book Overview

The Black Diaspora tells the enthralling story of African-descended people outside Africa, spanning more than five centuries and a dozen countries of settlement, from Britain, Canada, and the United States to Haiti, Guyana, and Brazil. Ronald Segal's account begins in Africa itself, with the cultures and societies flourishing there before the arrival of the Atlantic slave trade, which transported over ten million people to the Americas, after killing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374113963
• ISBN13: 9780374113964
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A comprehensive account of Black History in the Caribbean

This book is a must for those who want an account of Black History in North America and the Caribbean. It really provides a foundation for you to view the Caribbean in different light and to understand why we are now where we are today. It is both informative and disturbing. This should be part of the National Curriculum in so many countries. The account Mr Segal gives on each Island is rewarding. I has a 'sense' of what I saw when I went to Martinique and the book provides firm facts which have enabled me to reflect on my journey and forthcoming journeys. If only more people from Europe and within the Islands read a book like this!!

Excellent source of African-based culture outside of Africa

Ronald Segal's book "The Black Diaspora" is an excellent historical and cultural account of African descendents living outside of Africa. This book is so smoothly written that it is impossible not to enjoy and learn a great deal from its pages. The format and flow are so well put together that Segal's many topics of discussion are beautifully linked with easy transitions. I loved this book and learned a huge amount about the black diaspora despite having read many, many other books on this same topic.