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"Over three hundred years ago the first European colonists set foot in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to found permanent outposts of the great empires. This epic migration continued until after World War II when these tropical outposts became independent black nations, and the white colonials were forced, or chose, to return home." "Some of these colonial descendants, however, had become outcasts in the poorest strata of the society of which they were now a part. Ignored by both the former slaves and the modern privileged white immigrants, and unable to afford the long journey home, they…
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4 editions- Hardcover · English · 2001Free Press · 288 pages · 9780743211970
- Other · English · 2011Penguin Random House · 9781446444405
- Other · English · 2001Vintage · 270 pages · 9780099289463
- Other · English · 2000Secker & Warburg · 270 pages · 9780436275050
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