Abstract:
This paper explores Africa’s engagements with the Diaspora in South
America. It argues that the linkages have far deeper roots than is generally
recognized by focusing on nineteenth-century demographic and cultural
flows. The paper begins by offering broad conceptual notes on the complex
connections between homelands and host lands in the Diaspora experience.
This is followed by a brief survey of physical movements between
South America and Africa in the nineteenth century. Finally, it looks at the
cultural dimensions of this relationship, specifically focusing on religious
developments and exchanges
