African, American: from Tarzan to Dreams from my father--Africa in the US imagination

Preface : 'Africa in my head'

'Brightest Africa' in the early twentieth century

Post-war America and the 'new Africa'

From political to personal : white and black America confront a transformed continent

Gendered American quests in 'timeless Africa'

Africa cosmopolitan in the new millennium

Conclusion : the in between.