Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World

A study of the interchange between Cuba and Africa of Yoruban people and culture during the nineteenth century, with special emphasis on the Aguda community.

List of contents

Grassroots Africans: Havana's "Lagosians"
Returning to Lagos: Making the Oja Home
"Second Diasporas": Receptin in the Bight of Benin
Situating Lagosian, Caribbean, and Latin American Diasporas
Creating Afrocubanos: Public Cultures in a Circum-Atlantic Perspective
Conclusion: Flow, Community, and Diaspora
Appendix: Case Studies of Returnees to Lagos from Havana, Cuba

About the author

Solimar Otero

Product details

• Authors: Solimar Otero
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2013
• EAN: 9781580464734
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-473-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 362 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories