Examines the book Violated by Guitele Jeudy Rahill and the film Dancehall Queen directed by Don Letts. It sites that both works explore the politics of black female sexuality related to upward mobility and economic survival in Caribbean settings. It also examines female sexuality as marketplace and analyzes the use of the black female body for mobility purposes.
Discusses the oral and written life histories and other personal testimonies of African Americans. It clears up the realities behind invisible enclaves and spotlight of the immigrant's own history. Professor John H. McWhorter argues that modern America is the home to millions of immigrants who were born in Africa. He notes that their cultures and identities are separated between Africa and the U.S. However, his vision of an unencumbered, native-born black ownership of black is considered optimistic. Transnational identities of immigrants and their children are formed, negotiated and projected primarily within their experiences.
"There is evidence that religion and spirituality affect psychosocial adjustment to cancer. However, little is known about the perceptions and meanings of religion and spirituality among Black and minority ethnic groups living with cancer in the UK. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 26 Black Caribbean and 19 White British patients living in South London boroughs with advanced cancer to explore how religion and spirituality influenced their self-reported cancer experience. Twenty-five Black Caribbean patients and 13/19 White British patients volunteered views on the place of religion or God in their life. Spirituality was rarely mentioned." (authors)
Daniel,Yvonne (Author) and Moses,Lennard V. (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International (UMI) Ann Arbor, MI
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
17(2) : 147
Notes:
[Unedited] This essay compares the main Caribbean contredanse-derived dance forms as it examines the reasons for their longevity and pervasiveness from the 18th c. forward. It reconciles performers’ evaluations with those of specialized analysts and dissects the perplexing phenomenon of European dance forms performed by African descendents even after slavery, independence, and national citizenship. Through a critical analysis of the dancing body as a reservoir of cultural values, the essay reveals consistent historical and contemporary dance practices over centuries despite significant social change.; [Unedited] The African derived music of the Caribbean in the steel band and its emergence in the North American school steel band program continues to expand the World Music experience in music education. The cultural and pedagogical understanding in the rhythm, strumming, and movement in this music culture is an essential educational component for students and teachers in the North American schools. The study of rhythm as communication, inspiration, and creation of Afro-Caribbean music helps to inform the performance practice of the steel band rhythm section or 'engine room', improve their strumming and movement, and invite students and teachers to think and rethink their approach to the overall steel band music education.
Explores the idea of diaspora and musical exchanges in relation to changes in Colombian popular music, specifically that from the Caribbean coastal region of the country, often identified as more or less African-influenced. It traces changes that occurred from the 1920s onward, with the commercialization of cumbia and porro and related styles, and looks also at more recent developments around vallenato, champeta, and rap.
Explores the challenges that Afro-descendants face when trying to claim collective rights in Latin America, focusing specifically on the kinds of collective rights and modes of justification of such rights open to Afro-descendant movements in Latin America today.
"The riot at Glasgow harbour in January 1919 was the first in a wave of rioting around Britains ports in 1919. Violence was triggered by increased job competition in the merchant navy at the end of the war. Seamens unions fuelled animosity between competing groups as they sought to protect white British access to jobs by imposing a ‘colour’ bar on sailors from racialized ethnic minorities. Many of the seamen targeted in this way were British colonial subjects from Africa and the Caribbean." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
