Wilentz... makes convincing arguments for the connections betweenAfrican and Afro-American women's culture." -- NellieMcKay"Wilentz's jargon-free, intelligent discussion... willappeal to students in African, African American, and women's literature courses, aswell as general readers interested in the emerging field." --Choice"Through these works, Wilentz demonstrates thepowerful transformation possible through understanding -- and embracing -- the past, even if that past includes oppression and brutalization." -- BellesLettresBinding Cultures investigates the cultural bonds betweenAfrican and African-American women writers such as Nigerian Flora Nwapa andGhanaians Efua Sutherland and Ama Ata Aidoo, writers who focus on the role of womenin passing on cultural values to future generations, and African-American writersAlice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Paule Marshall, who self-consciously evoke Africanculture to help create a more integrated African-American community.