The physical return and the myth of elsewhere : identity crisis in Eddy L. Harris's native stranger : a black American journey into the heart of Africa (1992)‎

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This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of black travel to Africa through the lens of the traveler-writer, whose narrative is an account of his personal journey and experience.

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Harris's native stranger : a black American journey into the heart of Africa (1992) as a contemporary autobiographical black travel narrative emulates the black diaspora's preeminent interest in Africa.

questions alluding to cultural identity, home and belonging in relation to Africa are not investigated imaginatively but are probed to spatial locations.

the physical journey and narratives are interpreted as an interior journey : a journey to Africa and an exploration of the self.

this self-understanding develops while traveling to Africa and writing about the experience.