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Njoku, Raphael Chijioke,

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals History, Memory, and Transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 88 1092-5228 ; . - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Open Access

"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"--

ISBN: 9781787447202

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
African diaspora.
Masks, African.
Carnival--West Indies.
Carnival--Africa, West.
Masquerades--West Indies.
Masquerades--Africa, West.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West Indies--Social life and customs.
Africa, West--Social life and customs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GT4289.A358 / N56 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 394.26966