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Article: Web Site Explores Link Between African Diaspora, Global Politics.(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 12, 2001
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EVANSTON, ILL.
A Web site exploring the connections between the African Diaspora and major historical developments of the 20th century has debuted on the Internet.
The interactive Web site is the product of a collaboration among faculty, graduate students and technical staff at Northwestern University to create a virtual archive housing scholarly documents that reveal the linkages between transnational Black politics, social movements and world historical events of the 20th century.
Dr. Michael Hanchard, a political scientist at Northwestern University, conceived the idea for "Global Mappings: A Political Atlas of the African Diaspora," the ...