Back–to-Africa Movement

It was doomed to fail the second it began . Colonization has imbedded Western culture so deep within Africa and blacks all over the world it 's unrealistic to think they could ever be assimilated back into their own traditions . As Anise argued , Western culture made it so there is no place for blacks within it or outside of it

The lack of tradition or history backing the validity of black existence is being combated in a large majority of today 's universities . In his article , African Diaspora Studies : Some International Dimensions , author

br Joseph E . Harris documents the growth of Black Diaspora studies Tracing it all the way back to 1965 when her served on the First International Congress of Black Historians on a panel entitled The African Diaspora or the African Abroad . Research developed on this panel would later be used for history books and documentaries all over the world . Its key importance is the use of this international resource to retrace the history of an entire people , and what it can do for blacks all over the world to create a better awareness of authentic origin . In his article , Harris points out the uncanny level of ignorance revolving around the understanding of black origin . He points how an Arab delegate in Congress during the late 60 's insisted that no people of African decent existed in the Arabian and Persian Gulf . This caused Harris to do research and uncover enough evidence to write his first book , The African Presence in Asia : Consequences of the East African Slave Trade

Theorists like , Joseph Harris and Stuart Hall have a difficult task Not only must they rediscover the black identity , but then they must serve as both the care takers and the educators of what they 've found in a society which...