Introduction
Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering
Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland
Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient
Global Age, c.2500 BCE-1400 CE
Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global
Age, 1400-1800
Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas: Symbols and
Meanings
Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary
Practices
Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms
Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering
RAPHAEL CHIJIOKE NJOKU is professor of history at Idaho State University.
Raphael Chijioke Njoku's study of West African masking forms and
their impact in the Americas is a welcome exploration of the
history and function of body-mask performances in the context of
African initiation societies and their adaptation into Caribbean
carnival events and initiation groups, like the Abakuá of Cuba.
*H-Africa*
There are several aspects of this book that work very well: the
structure is very clear and easy to follow, and the notion of
understanding the dynamism and evolution of masquerades in Africa
first, in order to then tackle their use and transformation in the
New World, is excellent and commendable, and something other
scholars should undoubtedly take notice of. The comparative
analysis of the evolution of masquerades on each side of the
Atlantic in the nineteenth century is also fascinating, as is the
juxtaposition of the effects that slavery and colonialism had on
these practices in the Americas and Africa, respectively. The
author has also undoubtedly a substantial knowledge of the Igbo
world, which shows in the discussion
*Folklore*
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