Sarah M. Quesada is an Assistant Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.

'By rehabilitating and privileging the African archive in her account of Latinx/Caribbean relations, Sarah Quesada's book provides a fresh and very welcome instalment to debates about Pan-Africanism. But here, Pan-Africanism is more than just an aspirational political project, long distracted by the cynical pragmatism of political leaders. Rather, it is a work of re-animation that will redefine African and African diasporic relations through a well-grounded and nuanced humanities perspective. This book is a magnificent gift offering.' Ato Quayson, Stanford University

• 1. Fear: Junot Díaz's zombies and les contorsions extraordinaires in 'Monstro'; 2. Commodification: Badagry and the African safari of Achy Obejas's Ruins; 3. Obliteration: Gabriel García Márquez and his Angolan chronicles of a 'Latin-African' death foretold; 4. Archival distortion: The Chicano-Congo Relación of Tomás Rivera and Rudolfo Anaya.

Sarah M. Quesada is an Assistant Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.

'By rehabilitating and privileging the African archive in her account of Latinx/Caribbean relations, Sarah Quesada's book provides a fresh and very welcome instalment to debates about Pan-Africanism. But here, Pan-Africanism is more than just an aspirational political project, long distracted by the cynical pragmatism of political leaders. Rather, it is a work of re-animation that will redefine African and African diasporic relations through a well-grounded and nuanced humanities perspective. This book is a magnificent gift offering.' Ato Quayson, Stanford University

• 1. Fear: Junot Díaz's zombies and les contorsions extraordinaires in 'Monstro'; 2. Commodification: Badagry and the African safari of Achy Obejas's Ruins; 3. Obliteration: Gabriel García Márquez and his Angolan chronicles of a 'Latin-African' death foretold; 4. Archival distortion: The Chicano-Congo Relación of Tomás Rivera and Rudolfo Anaya.

Sarah M. Quesada is an Assistant Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.

'By rehabilitating and privileging the African archive in her account of Latinx/Caribbean relations, Sarah Quesada's book provides a fresh and very welcome instalment to debates about Pan-Africanism. But here, Pan-Africanism is more than just an aspirational political project, long distracted by the cynical pragmatism of political leaders. Rather, it is a work of re-animation that will redefine African and African diasporic relations through a well-grounded and nuanced humanities perspective. This book is a magnificent gift offering.' Ato Quayson, Stanford University

• 1. Fear: Junot Díaz's zombies and les contorsions extraordinaires in 'Monstro'; 2. Commodification: Badagry and the African safari of Achy Obejas's Ruins; 3. Obliteration: Gabriel García Márquez and his Angolan chronicles of a 'Latin-African' death foretold; 4. Archival distortion: The Chicano-Congo Relación of Tomás Rivera and Rudolfo Anaya.