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The Amistad revolt : memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone / Iyunolu Folayan Osagie.

Title: The Amistad revolt : memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone / Iyunolu Folayan Osagie.
Author: Osagie, Iyunolu Folayan, 1960-
Publication: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2000.

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xvii, 180 p., [6] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The story of the 1839 revolt on the Amistad slave ship gained new prominence with Steven Spielberg's 1997 film, which helped make the American public more aware of how the history of slavery has defined racism in the United States. As Iyunolu Folayan Osagie shows, the perspective for someone born in Sierra Leone is markedly different. Osagie digs deeply into the story to show the historical and contemporary relevance of the incident and its subsequent trials and how they together contributed to the construction of identity in both Africa and the United States."--Jacket.

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Case studies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

ch. 1. The Amistad story in the American context -- ch. 2. Slave revolts and the production of identity -- ch. 3. The Amistad returnees and the Mende Mission -- ch. 4. Sculpting history : African American burdens of memory -- ch. 5. National identity : the dramatic return of memory in Sierra Leone -- ch. 6. Hollywood images, African memories : Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone culture and politics.

ISBN

0820322245 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99087625^

OCLC

43118278
SCSB-10916907

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Harvard Library