Abstract
C. L. R. James would have insisted that Americanists ask the question, ‘What do they know of America who only America know?’2 The importance of asking this question is made clear in Kwame Anthony Appiah’s In My Father’s House, which highlights the contribution of Africa to the formulation of ideas about culture.3 Such ideas, embodied in particular in the modern concept of race, prevail in both the global academy and American society. To comprehend the genealogy of these ideas, from their invention to their current stranglehold on American political discourse, an understanding of the interaction between Africa and America is vital.
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