West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism.
A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester :
University of Rochester Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Series
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Table of Contents:
- Front cover
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. On Origins of Masking
- Chapter 2. Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland
- Chapter 3. Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE
- Chapter 4. Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800
- Chapter 5. Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas
- Chapter 6. Unmasking the Masquerade
- Chapter 7. Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms
- Chapter 8. Memory and Masquerade Narratives
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.