Camwood: African and African American identities at the crossroads

IF 0.3 Q2 HISTORY
Agnès Dengreville
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ABSTRACT This essay considers the significance of camwood, a West-African tree, in the work of a Nigerian American writer, Femi Euba. By reviewing the symbolic association of the vegetal trope, the essay explores camwood as a hermeneutical tool to reflect upon Black fate and Black identities in the Atlantic world.
卡姆伍德:站在十字路口的非洲人和非裔美国人身份
摘要本文探讨了尼日利亚裔美国作家费米·尤巴笔下的西非树camwood的意义。通过回顾植物比喻的象征联想,本文探讨了camwood作为一种解释学工具来反思大西洋世界中的黑人命运和黑人身份。
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