On the Nature of Legacies

  • Ken Wiwa
    In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understanding His Father's Legacy. Vintage
  • Virginia Whatley Smith
    Richard Wright's Travel Writings: New Reflections. University Press of Mississippi
  • Lamin Sanneh
    Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Harvard University Press
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This review “On the Nature of Legacies” originally appeared in Travel. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 174 (Autumn 2002): 191-193.

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