@article{1436916,
      recid = {1436916},
      author = {Abidogun, Jamaine, and Recker, Sterling,},
      title = {Africa and the diaspora : intersectionality and  interconnections /},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 190 pages : illustrations (some  color))},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This edited volume presents intersectionality in its  various configurations and interconnections across the  African continent and around the world as a concept. These  chapters identify and discuss intersectionalities of  identity and their interplay within precolonial, colonial,  and neo-colonial constructs that develop unique and often  conflicting interconnections. Scholars in this book address  issues in cultural, feminist, Pan African, and postcolonial  studies from interdisciplinary and traditional disciplines,  including the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. While  Intersectionality as a framework for race, gender, and  class is often applied in African-American studies, there  is a dearth of work in its application to Africa and the  Diaspora. This book presents a diverse set of chapters that  compare, contrast, and complicate identity constructions  within Africa and the Diaspora utilizing the social  sciences, the arts in film and fashion, and political  economies to analyze and highlight often invisible  distinctions of African identity and the resulting lived  experiences. These chapters provide a discussion of  intersectionality's role in understanding Africa and the  Diaspora and the intricate interconnections across its  people, places, history, present, and future. Jamaine M.  Abidogun is Professor Emeritus at Missouri State  University, USA. Her areas of specialization include  interdisciplinary African and African American Studies and  Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary Education Social  Sciences. She is the co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of  African Education and Indigenous Knowledge (2020). Sterling  Recker is Assistant Professor in the Department of  Political and Social Sciences at North Central Missouri  College, USA. Dr. Recker's research focuses on rural  political economy in Africa's Great Lakes Region and the  impact that conflict has on rural development strategies.  He served on the St. Louis based Microfinancing Partners in  Africa Board (2011-2016) where he assisted in the  development of projects in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya and  serves on Mid-America Alliance for African Studies  Executive Board. He is a past-president and current  secretary-treasurer and webmaster of the Mid-America  Alliance of African Studies (MAAAS).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1436916},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73415-2},
}