Zed Books of the UK has just published a book by Yo Ghana! President and co-founder, David Peterson del Mar: African, American: From Tarzan to Dreams from My Father, Africa in the U.S. Imagination. The book is dedicated to the late Brando Akoto, one of our organization's visionaries.

Leslie James, a historian at Queen Mary, University of London, remarks that the book: "Demonstrates how Americans projected their own gender, class, and racial psychoses into their experiences and renderings of the African continent. Peterson del Mar seeks a critical approach not to what Africa is, but to how Americans have perceived it. With this comprehensive source, we might begin to understand the difference."

Kathryn Mathers, a cultural anthropologist at Duke University, states: "Through a comprehensive yet sensitive analytical reading of fiction, autobiography, and film, Peterson del Mar shows just how much Africa has and continues to shape what it means to be American." The book is summarized in a blog post on the Organization of American Historians website.

Contact us (yoghana.org@gmail.com) if you are interested in purchasing a copy for $20.00, and the profit will be donated to Yo Ghana!