Clare Corbould is Associate Professor of North American History at Deakin University, Melbourne.

Tracing the complex cultural and political currents that fed into the romance of Africa for 'New Negroes,' Corbould reveals that the movement to 'invent' a useful Africa both united and divided African Americans. Writing with uncommon panache, Corbould has written one of the most engaging and important books on the Harlem Renaissance in years.

• * List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Becoming African American * Africa the Motherland * Discovering a Usable African Past * Institutionalizing Africa, Past and Present * The Artistic Capital of Africa * Haiti, a Stepping Stone to Africa * Ethiopia Ahoy! * Epilogue: What's in a Name? * Notes * Index

Clare Corbould is Associate Professor of North American History at Deakin University, Melbourne.

Tracing the complex cultural and political currents that fed into the romance of Africa for 'New Negroes,' Corbould reveals that the movement to 'invent' a useful Africa both united and divided African Americans. Writing with uncommon panache, Corbould has written one of the most engaging and important books on the Harlem Renaissance in years.

• * List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Becoming African American * Africa the Motherland * Discovering a Usable African Past * Institutionalizing Africa, Past and Present * The Artistic Capital of Africa * Haiti, a Stepping Stone to Africa * Ethiopia Ahoy! * Epilogue: What's in a Name? * Notes * Index

Clare Corbould is Associate Professor of North American History at Deakin University, Melbourne.

Tracing the complex cultural and political currents that fed into the romance of Africa for 'New Negroes,' Corbould reveals that the movement to 'invent' a useful Africa both united and divided African Americans. Writing with uncommon panache, Corbould has written one of the most engaging and important books on the Harlem Renaissance in years.

• * List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Becoming African American * Africa the Motherland * Discovering a Usable African Past * Institutionalizing Africa, Past and Present * The Artistic Capital of Africa * Haiti, a Stepping Stone to Africa * Ethiopia Ahoy! * Epilogue: What's in a Name? * Notes * Index