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Mario Azevedo (ed.). 2019. Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora (4th edition). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. 743 pp.
Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora is a collection of excellent essays divided into five parts with a total of twenty-eight chapters. Part one has two chapters. In chapter one, Mario J. Azevedo describes the state of African studies. This chapter covers important themes such as the historical evolution of African studies, the theoretical schools that shaped its development, the creation of the African Studies Association, and the gamut of issues involved in African studies. Chapter two by Rico D. Chapman focuses on the development of the African American studies. The major issues of interest to the author include the history of African American studies and the interdisciplinary nature of the field among other topics.
In part two, R. Hunt Davis, Jr. in chapter three looks at Africa and the genesis of humankind. The author writes about the evolution of cultures and civilizations, as well as notable early and late African states. Agya Boakye-Boaten's chapter four focuses on transatlantic slavery and the underdevelopment of Africa. The author identifies the major actors of...