Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-226) and index.
Introduction : the Americans are coming! -- Providential design : the alliance of American Negroes and black South Africans. American Negroes as racial models : from "honorary whites" to "black perils" -- The failed dream of British liberation and Christian regeneration. American apocalypse : prophetic Garveyism and the dream of American Negro liberation. The rise of Marcus Garvey and his gospel of Garveyism in Southern Africa -- Transnational martyrdom and the spread of Garveyism in South Africa -- "Charlatan or savior?" : Dr. Wellington's prophecies and program of deliverance -- A dream deferred : the end of the dream of American Negro liberation and the beginnings of the global antiapartheid movement