MSU Press: Book Series

African Diaspora Research Project
The African Diaspora Research Project (ADRP) at Michigan State University (MSU) under the direction of Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton studies the dispersion and settlement of African peoples beyond the continent of Africa. Routes of Passage provides a conceptual, substantive, and empirical orientation to the study of African people worldwide, including issues of geographical mobility, geosocial displacement, and changing culture, political, and economic relationships between Africa and its diaspora. Routes of Passage provides a conceptual, substantive, and empirical orientation to the study of African People worldwide. Routes of Passage addresses issues of geographical mobility and geosocial displacement; changing cultural, political, and economic relationships between Africa and its diaspora; interdiaspora relations; political and economic agency and social mobilization, including cultural production and psychocultural transformation; existence in hostile and oppressive political and territorial space; and interconnected relations of social inequality, especially class, gender, nationality, and race. Written by established young scholars in pursuit of a reconceptualization of the historical global movements of African people, the African Diaspora Research Project presents the past, present, and the projected future experiences of African people in locations throughout the world. The Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora Series Endowment Publication of the African Diaspora Research Project Series will be made possible by the revenue generated from the endowment created by Priscilla Hamilton Taylor and Jason Taylor. The Taylors and MSU Press intend to increase the size of the endowment to $875,000 and invite contributions from other individuals, including scholars in the African Diaspora. "My mother had a long career at Michigan State University, and a very productive relationship with Michigan State University Press. My family and I are pleased that her scholarly legacy will be continued with the publication of new scholarship through the African Diaspora Research Project Series. It is an honor for us to enable that series by creating this endowment." —Priscilla Hamilton Taylor The Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora Series Endowment has been established by Michigan State University Press and a generous gift by Priscilla Hamilton Taylor and Jason Taylor of Mountain View, California, in honor of the late Ruth Simms Hamilton. Ms. Taylor’s mother, Ruth Simms Hamilton, was a professor at Michigan State University for 35 years. She taught courses on international inequality and development, comparative race relations, international migration and diasporas, Third World urbanization and change, and sociological theory. She was director of the African Diaspora Research Project, and a core faculty member of the African Studies Center and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. At the time of her death, in November 2003, Dr. Hamilton was finalizing plans for the African Diaspora Research Project Series at MSU Press. For additional information regarding manuscript submissions, contact series editor, Kimberly Eison Simmons, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at (803) 777-9898 (Anthropology), (803) 777- 1859 (African American Studies) or email at KSimmons@sc.edu. For additional information about making a contribution to this endowment, contact the MSU Press Director at (517) 355- 9543 ext. 117.
	Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora Ruth Simms Hamilton, editor
	Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora, Volume 1, Part 2 Ruth Simms Hamilton, editor

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