Bond without Blood: A History of Ethiopian and New World Black Relations, 18961991

Bond without Blood constructs the narrative of the EthiopianCaribbean ties with three interwoven themes in mind: panAfrican nationalism, repatriation, and cultural crossfertilization. Central in all this is the evocative role of Ethiopian symbolism, the precursor of modern racial nationalism, in the shaping of a collective panblack consciousness. The overall unitary thesis that holds this book together is that contemporary EthiopianCaribbean relation is deeper than a mere psychological preoccupation. Both societies, despite a great physical distance, continue to impact on each others awareness through migration, religion, secular culture, as well as through a shared history of anticolonial activism.