| Description |
x, 291 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd." -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Early encounters: from pioneers to African Romans ; 2. Black Mediterraneans: slavery and the Renaissance -- 3. The Transatlantic slave trade and the invention of race -- 4. Neither here nor there: dual heritages and gender roles -- 5. Fleeting memories: Colonial amnesia and forgotten figures -- 6. Claiming a past, navigating the present -- 7. Identity and liberation: African Europeans today -- Epilogue. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Africans -- Europe -- History.
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Black people -- Europe -- History.
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Europe -- Civilization -- African influences.
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| ISBN |
9781541619678 |
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1541619676 |
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