7. Lafia T.: The long journey to her father’s land

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Abstract 7
4. Résumé 9
5. Acknowledgements 11
6. List of Figures 13
7. 1. Introduction 15
8. Part I: Diasporic Generations
9. Introduction 63
10. 2. A history of African diaspora in Germany 67
11. 3. Growing up in Frankfurt 91
12. 4. Family affairs – an intergenerational approach to diaspora 117
13. 5. Racism and its intersection with class and gender 133
14. Conclusion to Part I 147
15. Part II: Diasporic Travel
16. Introduction 151
17. 6. Maya B.: Building Afrodiasporic identity through travel 153
18. 7. Lafia T.: The long journey to her father’s land 169
19. 8. Aminata Camara: Negotiating privilege, kinship and care in diasporic travel 185
20. Conclusion to Part II 199
21. Part III: Diasporic Activism
22. Introduction 203
23. 9. Life storytelling as Black and feminist political practice 205
24. 10. Oxana Chi and Layla Zami: Connecting to global Blackness on the move 219
25. Conclusion to Part III 237
26. Conclusion 241
27. Epilogue 251
28. Bibliography 255