This volume highlights the significance of the African presence in the development of the Americas. It offers perspectives, data and interpretations that challenge prevailing understandings of the Americas, and articles from scholars and cultural leaders from African diaspora communities.

This multidisciplinary volume highlights the African presence throughout the Americas, and African and African Diasporan contributions to the material and cultural life of all of the Americas, and of all Americans. It includes articles from leading scholars and from cultural leaders from both well-known and little-known African Diasporan communities. Privileging African Diasporan voices, it offers new perspectives, data, and interpretations that challenge prevailing understandings of the Americas.