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Author Njoku, Raphael Chijioke, author.

Title West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku.

Publication Info. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.

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Series Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 88
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- On Origins of Masking: History, Memory, and Ritual Observances -- Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland -- Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE -- Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800 -- Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas:Symbols and Meanings -- Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary Practices -- Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms -- Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Note Print version record.
Subject Masquerades -- Africa, West.
Masquerades -- West Indies.
Carnival -- Africa, West.
Carnival -- West Indies.
Masks, African.
African diaspora.
Africa, West -- Social life and customs.
West Indies -- Social life and customs.
Mascarades -- Afrique occidentale.
Mascarades -- Antilles.
Carnavals -- Afrique occidentale.
Carnavals -- Antilles.
Masques -- Afrique.
Africains -- Pays étrangers.
Afrique occidentale -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Antilles -- Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
African diaspora
Carnival
Manners and customs
Masks, African
Masquerades
West Africa
West Indies
Indexed Term West Africa
traditions
Diaspora
Other Form: Print version: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020 9781580469845 (DLC) 2020007555 (OCoLC)1145078700
ISBN 9781787447202 (electronic bk.)
1787447200 (electronic bk.)
9781580469845
1580469841
Standard No. AU@ 000067174705
AU@ 000067251783

 
    
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