An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazedoriginally by Melville J. Herskovits, the father of New World African studies. Sinceits original publication, the field has changed considerably. Africanism has beenexplored in its broader dimensions, particularly in the area of white Africanisms.Thus, the new edition has been revised and expanded. Joseph E. Holloway has writtenthree essays for the new volume. The first uses a transnational framework to examinehow African cultural survivals have changed over time and readapted to diasporicconditions while experiencing slavery, forced labor, and racial discrimination. Thesecond essay is "Africanisms in African American Names in the UnitedStates." The third reconstructs Gullah history, citing numerous Africanisms notpreviously identified by others. In addition, "The African Heritage of WhiteAmerica" by John Phillips has been revised to take note of many more instancesof African cultural survivals in white America and to present a new synthesis ofapproaches.