Situated narratives and sacred dance : performing the entangled histories of Cuba and West Africa /

Situated narratives and sacred dance : performing the entangled histories of Cuba and West Africa /

Through a revolutionary ethnographic approach that foregrounds storytelling and performance, this book explores shared ritual traditions between the Anlo-Ewe people of west Africa and their descendants, the Arará of Cuba, who were brought to the island in the Atlantic slave trade.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flanders Crosby, Jill (Author, Editor), Torres, J. T. (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Anlo (African people) > Cuba > Social conditions.
Ewe (African people) > Cuba > Social conditions.
Anlo (African people) > Cuba > Rites and ceremonies.
Ewe (African people) > Cuba > Rites and ceremonies.
Dance > Cuba > Religious aspects.
Slave trade > Africa, West > History.
Slave trade > Cuba > History.
Dance > Ghana > Religious aspects.
Ethnology > Cuba.

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