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 In recent decades, there has been an
explosion of scholarly interest in African-styled traditions and
the influence of these traditions upon the African diaspora. In
this important new analysis, author Raphael Njoku explores the
transnational connections between masquerade narratives and memory
over the past four centuries to show how enslaved Africans became
culture carriers of inherited African traditions. In doing so, he
questions the scholarly predisposition toward ethnicization of
African cultural artifacts in the Americas. As Njoku's research
shows, the practices reenacted by the Igbo and Bight of Biafra
modelers in the Americas were not exact replicas of the African
prototypes. Cultural modeling is dynamic, and the inheritors of
West African traditions often adapted their customs to their
circumstances--altering and transforming the meaning and purpose of
the customs they initially represented. With the Bantu migrations
serving as a catalyst for ethnic mixing and change prior to the
trans-Atlantic slave trade, African-themed cultural activities in
the New World became dilutions of practices from several ethnic
African and European nations. African cultures were already
experiencing changes through Bantuization; in this well-researched
and engagingly written scholarly work, the author explores the
extension of this process beyond the African continent. This book
is openly available in digital formats thanks to a generous grant
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Rochester Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora |
| Release date: |
June 2020 |
| First published: |
2020 |
| Authors: |
Raphael Chijioke Njoku
(Contributor)
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
300 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-58046-984-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-58046-984-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781580469845 |
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