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239 p., Since 1492, the distinct cultures, peoples, and languages of four continents have met in the Caribbean and intermingled in wave after wave of post-Columbian encounters, with foods and their styles of preparation being among the most consumable of the converging cultural elements. This book traces the pathways of migrants and travelers and the mixing of their cultures in the Caribbean from the Atlantic slave trade to the modern tourism economy.
Heywood,Linda M. (Author) and Faustino,Oswaldo (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
São Paulo: Editora Contexto
Location:
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Portuguese translation of Linda Heywood, Central Africans and cultural transformations in the American diaspora selections (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002)., 222 p., Studies the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the Americas since the Atlantic slave trade. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped their cultural institutions as they interacted with Portuguese slave traders up to 1800, then follows Central Africans through all the regions where they were taken as slaves and recaptives.
Klein,Herbert S. (Author) and Luna,Francisco Vidal (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
New York: Cambridge University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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364 p., Although Brazilians have incorporated many of the North American debates about slavery, they have also developed a new set of questions about slave holding: the nature of marriage, family, religion, and culture among the slaves and free colored; the process of manumission; and the rise of the free colored class during slavery. It is the aim of this book to introduce the reader to this latest research, both to elucidate the Brazilian experience and to provide a basis for comparisons with all other American slave systems.
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385 p., The study is not a work about religion but rather of black African identity. Leaning on three black African societies (Yoruba of Benin and Nigeria, Agni-Akan and Senufo Ivory Coast), the author investigates the notion of person. Faced with the question of death, passing moment of earthly existence of man to his condition.
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310 p., "The idea baianidade is very much a model, a source of inspiration, the translation of concrete reality. All cultural identities are just that: ideas. ...They unite people, facilitate dialogue, summarize important, beautiful values. As can also serve to alienate us from other people, to justify to ourselves, our faults and mistakes." --The Author, "Agnes Mariano e a "Invenção da Baianidade" (www.passieweb.com).
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Originally published: Rio de Janeiro : EdUERJ, 1996., 4 vols., Contains: Vol. 1. A matriz africana no mundo -- Vol. 2. Cultura em movimento : matrizes africanas e ativismo negro no Brasil -- Vol. 3. Guerreiras de natureza : mulher negra, religiosidade e ambiente -- Vol. 4. Afrocentricidade : uma abordagem epistemológica inovadora.
