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Workings of Diaspora: Jamaican Maroons and the Claims to Sovereignty

Workings of Diaspora: Jamaican Maroons and the Claims to Sovereignty

Nisbett, Mario

Hardcover

Series: Critical Africana Studies

Caribbean HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1793613885
ISBN13: 9781793613882
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Nov 4 2021
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Engaging the past, the present, and the future, The Workings of Diaspora: Jamaican Maroons and the Claims to Sovereignty shows how the lived experience of Jamaican Maroons is linked to the African Diaspora. In so doing, this interdisciplinary undertaking interrogates the definition of Diaspora but mainly emphasizes the term's use. Mario Nisbett demonstrates that an examination of Jamaican Maroon communities, particularly their socio-political development, can further highlight the significance of the African Diaspora as an analytical tool. He shows how Jamaican Maroons inform resistance to abjection, a denial of full humanity, through claiming their African origin and developing solidarity and consciousness in order to affirm black humanity. This book establishes that present-day Jamaican Maroons remain relevant and engage the African Diaspora to improve black standing and bolster assertions of sovereignty.

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