A Stranger in the Village

by Griffin, Farah J.; Fish, Cheryl J.

• ISBN13: 9780807071205
• ISBN10: 080707120X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Beacon Pr

Summary

Two Centuries of African-American Travel Writing This anthology documents two centuries of writing by African-Americans who have traveled abroad in search of new opportunities, political insight, pleasure, and adventure. Includes work by James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Matthew Henson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, and more.

Table of Contents

CHERYL J. FISH
FARAH J. GRIFFIN
Introduction	xiii
PART I	6	(94)
1. ADVENTURERS	6	(51)
JAMES P. BECKWOURTH, 1856
from The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians	6	(9)
MARY SEACOLE, 1857
from Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands	15	(8)
NAT LOVE, 1907
from The Life and Adventures of Nat Love	23	(7)
THOMAS DETTER, 1871
from Nellie Brown, or The Jealous Wife with Other Sketches	30	(2)
HARRY DEAN, 1929
from The Pedro Gorino	32	(14)
MATTHEW A. HENSON, 1908
from A Negro Explorer at the North Pole	46	(11)
2. MiSSiONARiES ANd ACTiViSTS of THE NiNETEENTH CENTURY	57	(43)
THOMAS PAUL, SR., 1824
"Letter to the Editor"	57	(3)
ZILPHA ELAW, 1846
from Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels and Labours of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw	60	(8)
NANCY PRINCE, 1853
from A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince	68	(9)
AMANDA BERRY SMITH, 1893
from An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, The Colored Evangelist	77	(10)
FANNY JACKSON COPPIN, 1913
from Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching	87	(13)
PART II	100	(141)
3. AFRICA	100	(69)
PAUL CUFFE, 1812
from A Brief Account of the Settlement and Present Situation of the Colony of Sierra Leone, in Africa	100	(5)
MARTIN R. DELANY, 1861
from Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party	105	(6)
ROBERT CAMPBELL, 1859
from A Pilgrimage to My Motherland	111	(13)
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, 1860
from The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa	124	(13)
EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN, 1873
from From West Africa to Palestine	137	(9)
W. E. B. DU BOIS, 1924
"Little Portraits of Africa" from The Crisis	146	(4)
RICHARD WRICHT, 1954
from Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos	150	(4)
LESLIE ALEXANDER LACY, 1970
from The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro	154	(7)
SYLVIA ARDYN BOONE, 1974
from West African Travels	161	(8)
4. FRANCE	169	(32)
WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, 1855
from The American Fugitive in Europe: Sketches of Places and People Abroad	169	(6)
GWENDOLYN BENNETT, 1925
from The Diaries of Gwendolyn Bennett	175	(5)
JESSIE REDMON FAUSET, 1925
"Yarrow Revisited" from The Crisis	180	(6)
HAZEL SCOTT, 1961
"What Paris Means to Me" from Negro Digest	186	(3)
COUNTEE CULLEN, 1929
"Countee Cullen on French Courtesy" from The Crisis	189	(4)
JAMES BALDWIN, 1955
"Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown" from Notes of a Native Son	193	(8)
5. RUSSIA	201	(40)
NANCY PRINCE, 1853
from A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince	201	(5)
CLAUDE MCKAY, 1923
"Soviet Russia and the Negro" from The Crisis	206	(9)
LANGSTON HUGHES, 1934
"Going South in Russia" from The Crisis	215	(6)
AUDRE LORDE, 1984
"Notes from a Trip to Russia" from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches	221	(7)
HARRY HAYWOOD, 1978
from Black Bolshevik	228	(3)
ANDREA LEE, 1981
from Russian Journals	231	(10)
PART III	241	(116)
6. TRUTH SEEKERS: STATESMEN, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS (FROM 1930 TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA)	241	(60)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, 1912
"Naples and the Land of the Emigrant" from The Man Farthest Down	241	(10)
ANGELA DAVIS, 1974
from Angela Davis: An Autobiography	251	(8)
ARTHUR A. SCHOMBURG, 1933
"My Trip to Cuba in Quest of Negro Books" from Opportunity	259	(7)
KATHERINE DUNHAM, 1969
from Island Possessed	266	(3)
RALPH J. BUNCHE, 1937
from An African American in South Africa	269	(12)
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 1959
"My Trip to the Land of Gandhi" from Ebony	281	(9)
CARL T. ROWAN, 1956
"A Colored Brother Lost" from The Pitfall and the Proud	290	(11)
7. ViSiTORS, TOURiSTS, AND "OTHERS"	301	(56)
GWENDOLYN BROOKS, 1972
"African Fragment" from Report from Part One	301	(10)
SUE BAILEY THURMAN, 1930
"How Far from Here to Mexico?" from The Crisis	311	(4)
VINCENT CARTER, 1970
"The City" from The Bern Book: A Record of the Voyage of the Mind	315	(4)
JUNE JORDAN, 1989
"Report from the Bahamas" from Moving Towards Home: Political Essays	319	(11)
FLORENCE CAWTHORNE LADD, 1982
"Excerpts from a Dakar Diary" from Sage	330	(4)
TONI CADE BAMBARA, 1996
"How She Came by Her Name" from Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations	334	(3)
NTOZAKE SHANGE, 1998
"All It Took Was a Road/Unexpected Surprises of Urban Renewal" from If I Can Cook/You Know God Can	337	(3)
COLLEEN MCELROY, 1997
"No Stops Until Darwin" from A Long Way from St. Louie	340	(17)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	357	(6)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	363	(2)
CREDITS	365