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1 online resource (xii, 149 pages). |
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SUNY scholarly conferences |
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SUNY scholarly conferences.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Invocation: excerpts from because when God is too busy -- Haiti, me and the world / Gina Athena Ulysse -- From animal skin to oil drum / Daina Nathaniel -- When the past becomes [the] present / Osunbimpe Abegunde -- Racismo en la Cuba contemporánea : documental "RAZA" (2008) / Oilda Martínez -- Los ayudados : oral history of a Guapetón / T.J. Desch Obi -- Blackness, music and (national/diasporic) identity in the Colombian Caribbean / Ligia S. Aldana -- Ancestry, art, and commodity / Heather Shirey -- A prescription for wholeness / Ashley David -- Selections from kohnjehr woman / Ana Lara -- Poems / Lauren K. Alleyne -- Caribbean spaces, transatlantic spirit / Tzarina T. Prater -- Poesía, mujer e identidad afro / Luisa García-Conde -- Alaridos de las baldías / Guesnerth Josué Perea -- Anne Lescot's and Laurence Magloire's des hommes et des dieux / Sophie F. Saint-Just -- Beyond the battlefield of institutions / Jasmine Syedullah -- La autobiografía de la artista en la Nada Clariceana / John Thomas Maddox -- Where do we go from here? : a call to action / Vanessa K. Valdés. |
| Summary |
In this unique and groundbreaking collection, writers, critics, historians, and poets celebrate the cultural contributions of members of the African diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. Beginning with the cries and prayers of Gina Athena Ulysse to the Haitian loa Erzulie in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, each writer in the collection engages in the recovering of the past, highlighting that which has been buried in the history of time. The contributors look at a wide range of artistic productions, from poetry and fiction, to art, music, and film, and martial arts produced in Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Haiti, and the United States. Haitian Creole, Spanish, and English are brought together, giving the reader a vivid sense of the multiplicity of voices in the African diaspora. Rather than concentrate on the dispersion of peoples of African descent, this collection focuses instead on the multiple sites of origins in the Americas, as diasporic legacies are found throughout the continent. |
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African diaspora.
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Manners and customs.
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Group identity.
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HISTORY -- World.
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African diaspora. (OCoLC)fst00799755
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Group identity. (OCoLC)fst00948442
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Black Studies (Global)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
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History & Archaeology.
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Regions & Countries -- Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Valdés, Vanessa Kimberly.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Let spirit speak! Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012 9781438442181 (DLC) 2011025911 (OCoLC)734002371 |
| ISBN |
9781461907763 (electronic bk.) |
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1461907764 (electronic bk.) |
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143844219X (electronic bk.) |
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9781438442198 (electronic bk.) |
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