Digital Pan-Africansim for Liberation: An Afrocentric Analysis of Contemporary Travel Discourses by ...

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" Digital Pan-Africansim for Liberation: An Afrocentric Analysis of Contemporary Travel Discourses by African Americans Visiting Modern Egypt "
Harris, Christina Asante, Molefi Kete

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1052822
Doc. No	:	TL51939
Main Entry	:	Harris, Christina
Title & Author	:	Digital Pan-Africansim for Liberation: An Afrocentric Analysis of Contemporary Travel Discourses by African Americans Visiting Modern Egypt\ Harris, ChristinaAsante, Molefi Kete
College	:	Temple University
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	151 p.
Abstract	:	Utilizing Afrocentric thought, this dissertation examines digital Pan-Africanism as a new theory that demonstrates the liberatory potential of digital technology including internet-based writing and businesses. Focusing on the burgeoning Black travel industry, it specifically considers contemporary travel narratives written by African Americans visiting Egypt and includes a thematic analysis of travel blog posts. It highlights the role technology plays in making international travel more accessible to African Americans and the potential that diasporic travel has in creating and strengthening inter-cultural bonds between African people throughout the diaspora. To this end, this dissertation advocates utilizing digital platforms as a tool for increased diasporic travel and Pan-African activism. It conceptualizes this new theory, discusses its implications within and outside of the travel industry, and offers a model to demonstrate its effectiveness and applicability.
Descriptor	:	African American studies
	:	African history
	:	African studies
	:	Black history
	:	Black studies
	:	Communication
	:	International relations
	:	Web studies
Added Entry	:	Asante, Molefi Kete
Added Entry	:	Temple University