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4 If You Aren’t Careful, You don’t Know Where You Will End Up!
written by Daniel Reed, 1963-; in Abidjan USA: Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants, African Expressive Cultures (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 91-128
Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Côte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance...
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written by Daniel Reed, 1963-; in Abidjan USA: Music, Dance, and Mobility in the Lives of Four Ivorian Immigrants, African Expressive Cultures (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2016, originally published 2016), 91-128
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Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Côte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an im...
Daniel B. Reed integrates individual stories with the study of performance to understand the forces of diaspora and mobility in the lives of musicians, dancers, and mask performers originally from Côte d'Ivoire who now live in the United States. Through the lives of four Ivorian performers, Reed finds that dance and music, being transportable media, serve as effective ways to understand individual migrants in the world today. As members of an immigrant community who are geographically dispersed, these performers are unmoored from their place of origin and yet deeply engaged in presenting their symbolic roots to North American audiences. By looking at performance, Reed shows how translocation has led to transformations on stage, but he is also sensitive to how performance acts as a way to reinforce and maintain community. Abidjan USA provides a multifaceted view of community that is at once local, national, and international, and where identity is central, but transportable, fluid, and adaptable.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Daniel Reed, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Series
African Expressive Cultures
Person Discussed
Sado Diomande, fl. 1994
Topic / Theme
Vodoo, Ivorians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Daniel B. Reed
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Entrance to Voodoo Shrine, Haiti, 1908-09 (b/w photo)
photographed by Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, 1858-1927 (1908) (London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 1 page(s)
Entrance to a voodoo shrine, Haiti, 1908-09 (b/w photo)
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photographed by Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, 1858-1927 (1908) (London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 1 page(s)
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Entrance to a voodoo shrine, Haiti, 1908-09 (b/w photo)
Date Written / Recorded
1908
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Photograph
Author / Creator
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, 1858-1927
Publisher
Bridgeman Art Library
Topic / Theme
Vodoo, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © Johnston, Harry Hamilton (1858-1927) / Royal Geographical Society, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
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New World Voodoo
written by National Geographic Society, Washington, DC (District of Columbia: National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2016),
Source: video.nationalgeographic.com
Source: video.nationalgeographic.com
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written by National Geographic Society, Washington, DC (District of Columbia: National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2016),
Source: video.nationalgeographic.com
Source: video.nationalgeographic.com
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
General reference website
Author / Creator
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
Topic / Theme
Vodoo, Religious rites and ceremonies, Venezuelans
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Vodou Brooklyn: Five Ceremonies with Mambo Marie Carmel
written by Stephanie Keith, fl. 2005 (Pompano Beach, FL: Educa Vision, 2010, originally published 2010), 139 page(s)
This book is an intimate portrayal of a Haitian immigrant Vodou priestess. Color photographs and text document the young Mambo presiding over five distinct Vodou ceremonies held in one year in a single basement in Brooklyn, NY. By focusing on what happens in this transformed basement, the reader becomes personally...
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written by Stephanie Keith, fl. 2005 (Pompano Beach, FL: Educa Vision, 2010, originally published 2010), 139 page(s)
Description
This book is an intimate portrayal of a Haitian immigrant Vodou priestess. Color photographs and text document the young Mambo presiding over five distinct Vodou ceremonies held in one year in a single basement in Brooklyn, NY. By focusing on what happens in this transformed basement, the reader becomes personally involved with the people of this community through seeing them from ceremony to ceremony.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Stephanie Keith, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Educa Vision
Person Discussed
Marie Carmel Moise, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Places of worship, Religious rites and ceremonies, Worship, Religious communities, Vodoo, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Caribbean Studies Press, an imprint of Educa Vision Inc
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Vodou Cosmology and the Haitian Revolution in the Enlightenment Ideals of Kant and Hegel
written by Vivaldi Jean-Marie, fl. 2018 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2018), 100 page(s)
In Vodou Cosmology and the Haitian Revolution in the Enlightenment Ideals of Kant and Hegel, Vivaldi Jean-Marie begins with an interpretation of the rise of Vodou practices in Saint-Domingue which is sensitive to the social, spiritual and cultural challenges of the slaves communities in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti...
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written by Vivaldi Jean-Marie, fl. 2018 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2018), 100 page(s)
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In Vodou Cosmology and the Haitian Revolution in the Enlightenment Ideals of Kant and Hegel, Vivaldi Jean-Marie begins with an interpretation of the rise of Vodou practices in Saint-Domingue which is sensitive to the social, spiritual and cultural challenges of the slaves communities in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti. He shows effectively that Vodou cosmology emerged as a spiritual, social and cultural technology for the enslaved to overcome the dis...
In Vodou Cosmology and the Haitian Revolution in the Enlightenment Ideals of Kant and Hegel, Vivaldi Jean-Marie begins with an interpretation of the rise of Vodou practices in Saint-Domingue which is sensitive to the social, spiritual and cultural challenges of the slaves communities in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti. He shows effectively that Vodou cosmology emerged as a spiritual, social and cultural technology for the enslaved to overcome the dissonance and brutality of slavery in Saint-Domingue. Vodou Cosmology thus assumes the tripartite role of spiritual, social and cultural compass for slaves who, concurrently with the development of Vodou, managed to establish a common ethos. Furthermore, to situate the rise of Vodou cosmology within the larger discourse of the Enlightenment and argue that it heralded a radical Enlightenment in the African diaspora, Jean-Marie compares and contrasts some aspects of the philosophies of Kant and Hegel with the social, spiritual and cultural experience of the enslaved communities of Saint-Domingue. This comparison shows that Kant and Hegel’s depiction of African Negroes’ mores and their religious practices in the colonies fails to capture that Vodou cosmology was both a mechanism of resistance and the medium to restore their social, spiritual, and cultural identity against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade. Also, he elaborates the Enlightenment’s conception of African Negroes as commercial currency and specifically Hegel’s view of slavery in the colonies as the manifestation of divine providence. He concludes that the significance of the Haitian Revolution lies in the fact that it ascribed freedom to people of African descent in the diaspora and is thus implicit in later themes of black freedom. The Haitian Revolution ties blackness with freedom and mapped out a radical enlightenment in the European colonies.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Vivaldi Jean-Marie, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Person Discussed
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770-1831, Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, African diaspora, Slavery, Vodoo, Haitian Independence Movement, 1791-1804, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Vivaldi Jean-Marie
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Voodoo and the Church in Haiti
directed by Bob Richards; produced by Bob Richards and Andrea E. Leland, Nine Morning Productions (Toronto, ON: Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, 1989), 43 mins
As Western and African cultures collide in Haiti, there is religious conflict between Christianity and Voodoo. The latter religion flourishes in Haiti despite centuries of vigilant opposition from the Christian church. It continues to be one of the strongest elements underlying Haitian culture. This film dispels H...
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directed by Bob Richards; produced by Bob Richards and Andrea E. Leland, Nine Morning Productions (Toronto, ON: Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, 1989), 43 mins
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As Western and African cultures collide in Haiti, there is religious conflict between Christianity and Voodoo. The latter religion flourishes in Haiti despite centuries of vigilant opposition from the Christian church. It continues to be one of the strongest elements underlying Haitian culture. This film dispels Hollywood stereotypes and presents Voodoo as a be
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bob Richards, Andrea E. Leland, Nine Morning Productions
Author / Creator
Bob Richards
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution
Topic / Theme
Catholicism, Vodoo, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 CaribbeanTales WorldWide Distribution, Inc.
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