Introduction 1 Early Encounters From Pioneers to African Romans 2 Black Mediterraneans Slavery and the Renaissance 3 The Transatlantic Slave Trade And The Invention Of Race 4 Neither Here Nor There Dual Heritages and Gender Roles 5 Fleeting Memories Colonial Amnesia and Forgotten Figures 6 Claiming a Past, Navigating The Present 7 Identity and Liberation African Europeans Today Epilogue