Central Africa in the Caribbean : transcending time, transforming cultures / Maureen Warner-Lewis. PRINT
Language: English Summary language: Multiple languages Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2003.Description: xxxvi, 391 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9766401187
- 9789766401184
- Blacks -- Caribbean Area -- History
- Acculturation -- Caribbean Area -- History
- 15.85 history of America
- 15.80 history of Africa
- Acculturation
- Blacks
- Civilization -- African influences
- Manners and customs
- Cultural aspects
- Slavery
- Caribbean Area -- Civilization -- African influences
- Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs
- Caribbean Area -- Religious life and customs
- Africa, Central -- Social life and customs
- Africa, Central -- Religious life and customs
- Central Africa
- Caribbean Area
- Caribbean region
- 972.9 Ja War
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National Library of Jamaica | Daphne Douglas Reading Room | 972.9 Ja War (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1000000070684 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-385) and index.
West Central Africa after European contact -- Experiences of enslavement -- Central Africans as individuals in community -- Economic skills and domestic activity -- Interpersonal relationships : courtesies and rites of passage -- Religious cosmology and praxis -- Christianity and associated religions -- Accessing power : ritual war and masquerade -- Pleasurable leisure : games, dance and music -- Speech culture -- Language legacy -- Conclusion.
Maureen Warner-Lewis's pioneering study analyses some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean, with fascinating transatlantic comparative data. She identifies Central African cultural forms in areas settled by the Koongo, Mbundu and Ovimbunda (the two present-day Congos and Angola) and illuminates Caribbean thought and customs through comparison with those cultures.-- Back cover.
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