African, American | David Peterson Del Mar sku-55596450

African, American by David Peterson Del Mar is listed under Performing Arts Books as sku-55596450. The hardcover examines how Americans have imagined Africa and how Africans have challenged those views. Drawing on literature, film, music, and accounts by missionaries, aid workers, and travel writers, it compares white and African American perspectives from the postwar period to the present.

It also discusses responses to Ebola, Obama's Kenyan roots, and the growing prominence of African writers in America.