An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are examined in the light of their experiences in Europe and Africa.
Paul Gilroy was born in London in 1959. He is the author of There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack (1987), Small Acts (1993), The Black Atlantic (1993), Between Camps (2000), and After Empire (2004), among other works. Gilroy was also co-author of The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 1970s Britain (1982). Gilroy was awarded an honorary doctorate of the University of London by Goldsmiths College in September 2005 and in 2014 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy. He is currently Professor of American and English Literature at King's College London.
Whilst others scarcely put a toe in the water, in The Black
Atlantic Gilroy goes in deep and returns with riches.
*Guardian*
Paul Gilroy is one the most incisive thinkers of his generation ...
One can only hope that his voice travels far and wide.
*Independent*
In debates in recent years around questions of race, nation and
culture, Paul Gilroy has stood out as an independent, unorthodox
and (often for that very reason) exciting new voice. With his new
book The Black Atlantic this voice continues to provoke and
stimulate.
*Times Higher Educational Supplement*
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