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- Title
What Is Africa to Me Now?
- Authors
PHILLIPS, CARYL
- Abstract
The article discusses the concept of African identity with reference to the book "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" by Alex Haley. Topics discussed include relations of African Americans with Africans, two poems including "Heritage" by Countee Cullen and "Afro-American Fragment" by Langston Hughes reflects on the identity of Africans, and discusses visual images Africa in late 1960s and 70s.
- Subjects
IDENTITY (Psychology); HALEY, Alex, 1921-1992; ROOTS: The Saga of an American Family (Book); AFRICAN-African American relations; HERITAGE (Poem : Cullen); AFRO-American Fragment (Poem : Hughes)
- Publication
Research in African Literatures, 2015, Vol 46, Issue 4, p10
- ISSN
0034-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/reseafrilite.46.4.10