Journal of American Studies http://journals.cambridge.org/AMS Additional services for Journal of American Studies: Email alerts: Click here Subscriptions: Click here Commercial reprints: Click here Terms of use : Click here Challenging a PanAfrican Identity: The Autobiographical Writings of Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, and Caryl Phillips GREGORY D. SMITHERS Journal of American Studies / Volume 45 / Issue 03 / August 2011, pp 483 502 DOI: 10.1017/S0021875810002410, Published online: 04 February 2011 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0021875810002410 How to cite this article: GREGORY D. SMITHERS (2011). Challenging a PanAfrican Identity: The Autobiographical Writings of Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, and Caryl Phillips. Journal of American Studies, 45, pp 483502 doi:10.1017/S0021875810002410 Request Permissions : Click here Downloaded from http://journals.cambridge.org/AMS, IP address: 128.172.10.194 on 26 Aug 2013