West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism.

By: Njoku, Raphael ChijiokeMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora SeriesPublisher: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2020Copyright date: �2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781787447202Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade CarnivalsOnline resources: Click to View
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.
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.
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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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