Valuable information specific for African travel and tracing African genealogy back to Africa using traditional methods, the Internet and DNA technology. Uses travel as a vehicle for learning and understanding history and the Black self-concept.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A good travel resource,
By AfroAmericanHeritage (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Roots Recovered!: The How to Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There for Free or on a Shoestring Budget (Paperback)
The narrative style of this book is very personal...I got the sense that the author was talking to me directly in a casual conversation. It's obvious that he has traveled to the places about which he writes, and his experience is invaluable. The travel section of this book is the strongest and most complete; the part about tracking roots is really more of an introduction, and you'll need to supplement this book with others he recommends to do any serious geneology. But still, it will definitely spark your interest!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A must for any Black person wanting to go to Africa,
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This review is from: Roots Recovered!: The How to Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There for Free or on a Shoestring Budget (Paperback)
This book is amazing and is probably the first of its kind. It combines history, genealogy and psychology with African travel in order to improve the Black self concept. It is also a great travel book for Africa and for international travel in general because it shows you how to travel for free or very cheap and demystifies African travel and makes it easy and cheap. All Black people should get this book and use it to travel to thier roots. I have been to Africa and I wish this book was available then. However, now that I have this book I am encouraged to go again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Inspiring and True Guidance,
By Dartmouth College Student (Hanover, NH) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Roots Recovered!: The How to Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There for Free or on a Shoestring Budget (Paperback)
Roots Recovered proved to be a step by step guide in helping me to research a history that before coming across this book I never gave much thought to look into. Not only that, but it helped me to do it on a college student budget, which is "shoestring budget" at best.
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Images and symbols are very important to people in general and especially for people of the African Diaspora who are the victims of slavery and colonization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Africa, New York, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, United States, West Indies, West Indians, Cape Verde, Merci Good, African Ancestry, Air Afrique, Salaam-Alaykum Peace, Useful Phrases Standard, Abidjan Beds, African Diaspora, Alex Haley, Empire of Ghana, Askia Mohammed, Cotonou Beds, North America, African American Journeys, Banjul Beds, Local Transportation Public, Ouagadougou Beds New!
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Images and symbols are very important to people in general and especially for people of the African Diaspora who are the victims of slavery and colonization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Africa, New York, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, United States, West Indies, West Indians, Cape Verde, Merci Good, African Ancestry, Air Afrique, Salaam-Alaykum Peace, Useful Phrases Standard, Abidjan Beds, African Diaspora, Alex Haley, Empire of Ghana, Askia Mohammed, Cotonou Beds, North America, African American Journeys, Banjul Beds, Local Transportation Public, Ouagadougou Beds New!
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- Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery by Na'Im Akbar on page 2, and Back Matter
- Courier Air Travel Handbook: Learn How to Travel for Next to Nothing to Cities Around the World (Courier Air Travel Handbook: Learn How to Travel Worldwide for Next to Nothing) on page 77
- San Diego by Lee Peterson on page 55
- Guinea Bissau by WASHINGTON on page 39
- The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson in Back Matter
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