Bibliograph

Searching for Zion, Emily Raboteau

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Label

Searching for Zion, Emily Raboteau

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Searching for Zion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

822879533

Responsibility statement

Emily Raboteau

Summary

Documents the author's decade-long search for identity and a place of belonging as inspired by African-American and Jewish history as well as the exoduses of black communities that left ancestral homes in search of "promised lands."

Table Of Contents

Israel : we're going to Jerusalem. Do you know where Canaan is? ; The Land of Oz ; Tezeta ; Transitioning -- Jamaica : belief kill and belief cure. Home to roost ; The Twelve Tribes ; Roots reggae ; "An island of Zion is no Zion at all" -- Ethiopia : as long as there is Babylon, there must be Zion. Jamaica Town ; Sons and daughters of Ethiopia ; I land ; Birthday of the Patriarch -- Ghana : who will inherit you when you die? Daughters of Obama ; "Nigganese" ; Kindly pass to the next gate ; Points to ponder when considering repatriating home -- Black Belt of the American South : this is the place you were delivered. A dollar and a dream ; Holy Week ; Survivors ; Ishem

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