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Author Njoku, Raphael Chijioke, author.

Title West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 88
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88.
Contents 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
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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis West Africa
traditions
Diaspora
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Masquerades -- Africa, West
Masquerades -- West Indies
Carnival -- Africa, West
Carnival -- West Indies
Masks, African.
African diaspora.
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
African diaspora
Carnival
Manners and customs
Masks, African
Masquerades
SUBJECT Africa, West -- Social life and customs
West Indies -- Social life and customs
Subject West Africa
West Indies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787447202
1787447200