Akyeampong, Emmanuel2015-02-202010Akyeampong, Emmanuel. 2010. "Diasporas," Mobility and the Social Imaginary: Getting Ahead in West Africa. Journal of Third World Studies 27(1): 11-24.0-931971-18-7http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14016840The article presents the lecture "'Diasporas,' Mobility and the Social Imaginary: Getting Ahead in West Africa," by Emmanuel Akyeampong, that was delivered as the keynote lecture at the 27th Annual Conference of the Third World Studies in Elmina, Ghana in November 2009. It explores the impact of the African Diaspora and the slave trade and examines how Africans are establishing transnational connections in contemporary society.en-USJournal Article2015-02-20