West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals: History, Memory, and Transnationalism

by Raphael Chijioke Njoku

A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts

In recent decades, there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in African-styled traditions and the influence of these traditions upon the African diaspora. In this important new analysis, author Raphael Njoku explores the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469841
• ISBN13: 9781580469845
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"