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22. From Legba to Papa Labas: New World Metaphysical Self/Re-Fashioning in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo
written by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, 1961-; edited by Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990 and Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016; in The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World IdentitiesThe African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities (First paperback edition) (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001, originally published 1999), 350-366
The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramo...
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written by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, 1961-; edited by Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990 and Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016; in The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World IdentitiesThe African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities (First paperback edition) (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001, originally published 1999), 350-366
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The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramos Bennett, LeGrace Benson, Ira Kincade Blake, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., Sharon Aneta Bryant, Michael J. C. Echeruo, Peter P. Ekeh, Patience...
The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramos Bennett, LeGrace Benson, Ira Kincade Blake, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., Sharon Aneta Bryant, Michael J. C. Echeruo, Peter P. Ekeh, Patience Elabor-Idemudia, David Evans, Robert Elliot Fox, Andrea Frohne, Joseph E. Inikori, Joyce Ann Joyce, Joseph McLaren, Charles Martin, Ali A. Mazrui, Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, Nkiru Nzegwu, Isidore Okpewho, Oyekan Owomoyela, Laura J. Pires-Hester, Richard Price, Sally Price, Jean Rahier, Sandra L. Richards, Elliott P. Skinner, Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., Keith Q. Warner, Maureen Warner-Lewis, and Kimberly Welch.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Contributor
Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990, Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016
Author / Creator
Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, 1961-
Date Published / Released
1999, 2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Person Discussed
Ishmael Reed, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Vodoo, Literature, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 Indiana University Press
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Haitian Vodou
written by Joseph M. Murphy, 1951-; in Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1994), 10-43
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written by Joseph M. Murphy, 1951-; in Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1994), 10-43
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Joseph M. Murphy, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Beacon Press
Topic / Theme
Vodoo, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994 by Joseph M. Murphy. Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press, Boston Massachusetts.
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