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

List of contents

Introduction
Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering
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

About the author

Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Chijioke Njoku, Raphael Chijioke (Contributor) Njoku
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781580469845
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-984-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories