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Instead, he follows the multiple routes that brought africans and people of african descent into contact with one another and with europe, asia, and the americas. This is a story about the campos and muniz families, afrocubans families. She is the author of afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world 2010 and coeditor of yemoja. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world by brown, laura.
Solimar otero, director solimar otero is associate professor of english and a folklorist at louisiana state university. Lucumi is by far the most prestigious of the afrocuban religions, just as candomble nagi. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in latinao and afro atlantic diasporas suny press 20, which was selected as a finalist for the 2014 albert j. Relations between africa, the americas and the caribbean.
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She is the author of afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world, university of rochester press, 20, 2010. Solimar otero yoruba and afro cuban communities moved across the atlantic between the americas and africa in successive waves in the nineteenth century. Her research centers on gender, sexuality, afrocaribbean spirituality, and yoruba traditional religion in folklore, literature, and ethnography. Constructing and contesting social control in modern latin america, co. The yoruba diaspora in the atlantic world indiana university press. Rhythms of the afroatlantic world distinguishes itself as a collection focusing on. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in the latinao and afro atlantic diasporas, coedited with toyin falola. Rhythms of the afroatlantic world the university of michigan press. African studies reading room columbia university libraries. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world by corinealdi. There these cuban repatriates, known as the aguda, built their own neighborhood that celebrated their afrolatino heritage. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world is overall an.
An e book version of this title is available 9781580467056, to libraries through a. In consonance with this, the book also argues, is an undiminished longing for a return to africa, and so it was for the yoruba cubans and the. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in the latinao and afro atlantic diasporas kindle edition by otero, solimar, falola, toyin. Ive studied, taught, and written about the yoruba religion and its newworld counterpartssuch as lucumi in cuba and candomble nagi.
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Beginning in the 8th century, arabs took african slaves from the central and eastern portions of the african continent where they were known as the zanj and sold them into markets in the middle east, the indian subcontinent, and the far east. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world ebook por solimar. African diaspora international film festival new york. People the program in louisiana and caribbean studies. Solimar otero yoruba and afrocuban communities moved across the atlantic between the americas and africa. Caribbean bookshelf januaryfebruary 2017 caribbean. Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational relig. The world famous major city, the us largest 89 million people, is known for its local subculture esp. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in the latinao and african diasporas an inspiringeven astonishingpiece of anthropological research. If not, heres the first of three posts highlighting some recent acquisitions in literature and literary studies available here at the scl. With a mix of nuyorican, cuban, haitian, kenyan, senegalese, trinidagonian. Solimar oteros afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world is a welcome addition to the increasing number of studies focusing on the history of african individuals and peoples within the atlantic world context. Books by language journal of materials engineering. May 19, 2009 patrick manning refuses to divide the african diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations.
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Buy or rent afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world ebook by solimar otero. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world book description. Author solimar otero takes the reader on multiple journeys across the atlantic. Compiled by columbia university libraries adiff 2018. Historically, the word diaspora was used to refer to the involuntary mass dispersion of a population from its indigenous territories, in particular the jews who were dispersed from the land of israel in antiquity. Solimar oteros afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world offers a rich transatlantic study that places the movements and religious practices of african and afrocubans at the center of scholarly and everyday understandings of diaspora. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading yemoja. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in the latinao and afroatlantic diasporas. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world explores how yoruba and afro cuban communities. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world ebook by solimar.
An ebook version of this title is available 9781580467056, to libraries through a. In afro atlantic traditions, yemoja is associated with motherhood, women, the arts, and the family. Afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world presents a fascinating account of the cultural connections between the yoruba in havana in the era of british abolitionism and cubans in contemporary lagos. Afro cuban diasporas in the atlantic world explores how yoruba and afro cuban communities moved across the atlantic between the americas and africa in successive waves in the nineteenth century. This is the first collection of essays to analyze intersectional religious and cultural practices surrounding the deity yemoja. Gender, sexuality, and creativity in the latinao and afro atlantic diasporas. Thinking beyond national identity to include african, african american, afrocaribbean, and black british literature, difficult diasporas brings together an innovative archive of twentiethcentury texts marked by their break with conventional literary structures. Afrocuban diasporas in the atlantic world book, 2010. In havana, yoruba slaves from lagos banded together to buy their freedom and sail home to nigeria. History provides many examples of notable diasporas.
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