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2. Caribbean and Atlantic diaspora dance igniting citizenship
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Daniel,Yvonne, (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 01/01; 2011
- Published:
- Urbana: University of Illinois Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 266 p, This study spans several linguistic areas of the Caribbean and parts of the Atlantic coast of the U.S., Mexico, and South America; it examines historical, national, popular, parading, sacred, and combat dances to reveal both meanings and consequences of performance. Beyond unfolding important physical and cultural significances of each genre, the analyses deepen to understand core motivations for African diaspora performance; the results are transcendence, resilience, and citizenship among dancing and music-making participants. The study repeatedly acknowledges Katherine Dunham, who began teaching the citizenship of Caribbean dance/music practices and reviews the literature since her original trilogy on Caribbean dance practices. Analyses also place local Caribbean dances as viable commodities within crucial Caribbean tourism and both cultural and economic globalization.
3. La voie de Chabela: Trajectoire d'une figure du candombe afro-uruguayen
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Biermann,Clara (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Section
- Publication Date:
- 01/01; 2012
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Collected Work: Musiques au monde: La tradition au prisme de la création.Pages: 47-66.(AN: 2012-11352).
- Notes:
- Chabela Ramírez, the black singer and activist born in Montevideo in 1958, is a singular personality of candombe, the only multi-form Afro-Uruguayan musical genre. Retracing her trajectory leads us through the history of Uruguay's black community (10% of the total population) and candombe, with particular attention on how this musical expression went from devalued practice to national heritage in a country deeply marked by a Eurocentric ideology. Ramírez founded and gave voice, with Afrogama, the choir and dance group that she leads, to a unique aesthetic thought that brought meaning to candombe via the field of Afro-religions (Umbanda and Batuque).
4. Mocko Jumbies: giants among us
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Brooks,Vernon (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 1999-09-30
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Caribbean Today
- Journal Title Details:
- 10 : S11
- Notes:
- Mocko Jumbie, as it is called in the Caribbean, has been a part of the Virgin Islands culture for more than 200 years. The phrase "Mocko Jumbie" may have different meanings according to the different tribes that practices the art. "Mocko" could mean "Mock" or it could mean "Good God."