Dispatches, diaries, memoirs, and letters by African-American travelers in search of home, justice, and adventure-from the Wild West to Australia.
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[A Stranger in the Village] will explode any lingering notions that travel writing is a white writer's game.-Bob Sipchen, Los Angeles Times
"[A] remarkable anthology." -Victoria Valentine, Emerge
"An intelligent, authoritative collection for anyone interested in travel writing, memoirs, or African-American history." -Condé Nast Traveler
"[James] Baldwin's astute observation that 'this world is white no longer, and it will never be white again,' could not be more obvious in this collection." -The Miami Herald
"A thinking person's travel anthology." -Chicago Sun-Times
"[A] remarkable anthology." -Victoria Valentine, Emerge
"An intelligent, authoritative collection for anyone interested in travel writing, memoirs, or African-American history." -Condé Nast Traveler
"[James] Baldwin's astute observation that 'this world is white no longer, and it will never be white again,' could not be more obvious in this collection." -The Miami Herald
"A thinking person's travel anthology." -Chicago Sun-Times
About the Author
Farah J. Griffin, author of Who Set You Flowin'?, is associate professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Cheryl J. Fish is assistant professor of English at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY.
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- African Diasporas in the New and Old Worlds (Cross/Cultures 69) by Klaus Benesch on 5 pages
- The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing by Debbie Lisle on page 75, and Back Matter
- Women At Sea: Travel Writing and the Margins of Caribbean Discourse by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert on page 239, and Back Matter
- The Veiled Garvey: The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey by Ula Yvette Taylor in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday by Farah Griffin in Front Matter
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