Decoding Diaspora: Mapping J. A. Rogers' Mythic Africa Main Menu Table of Contents Explore and Navigate the Different Facets of the Decoding Diaspora project. Researchers and Community Partners Participants and Partners in Decoding Diaspora Data Access the Data for Your Own Research Interpretations Use Digital Tools to Explore How J. A. Rogers Understood "Africa" Essays Experimental Studies Using the Data and Interpreations Featured Here References Project Bibliography and Recommended Readings Use and Permissions Terms and Conditions Governing the Creation and Use of the Project

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Decoding Diaspora: Mapping J. A. Rogers' Mythic Africa employs digital tools to consider the conception of "Africa" in the work of Joel Augustus Rogers, a 20th century progenitor of Africana Studies. Our current project examines examines roughly 100 clips from Rogers' newspaper serial, Facts About the Negro, a "Ripley's Believe or Not" style menagerie of Black peoples' presence in world history. The pieces were curated by project director Richard Newton's late uncle, John Rice, and grandmother, Lucille Rice. Newton's subsequently digitized the collection in order to create an accessible data set for the study of Africa, modern myth, diaspora, and more.

 

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