A fundamental collection that thoroughly examines various aspects of Africa's historical and contemporary diasporas, particularly emphasising their global significance … The work plays a pioneering role in shifting the concept of diaspora beyond the history of slavery and colonization, placing it within broader, modern contexts.

Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies

The chapters in Africa and its Historical and Contemporary Diasporas provide fresh and insightful perspectives for understanding the complexities and changing dimensions of the African Diaspora, the relationship of Africa to the increasingly diverse and global dimensions of its Diaspora, and reconceptualization of Pan-Africanism in such a way that it effectively captures different aspects of the historical and complicated relationships between Africa and its Diasporas. The chapters, which are written from interdisciplinary perspectives, are conceptually sound, theoretically insightful, and methodologically innovative. This book is an invaluable addition to the growing literature on Diasporas in general, and the African Diaspora in particular.

Jeremiah Dibua, Morgan State University

This anthology is a critical addition to the African diaspora studies canon, highlighting the works of an interdisciplinary cast of leading and rising scholars in the field. The essays in this volume represent a generative confluence of ideas about diasporic analytical frames, identity constructs and formations, religion and ritual technologies, politics, and speculative futures that will be vital contributions to discourse about Pan-Africanism and the Africa-Diaspora nexus for many years to come.

Walter C. Rucker, Emory University