Rhythms of the
Afro-Atlantic World
Rituals and Remembrances
edited by
mamadou diouf and
ifeoma kiddoe nwankwo

BOOK PDF
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Contents

introduction 1

Mamadou Diouf and Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo

part one: religion
The Economic Vitamins of Cuba: Sacred and Other Dance Performance
yvonne daniel 19

Performing Pentecostalism: Music, Identity, and the Interplay of
Jamaican and African American Styles
melvin l. butler 41

“The Women Have on All Their Clothes”: Reading the Texts of Holy Hip-Hop
deborah smith pollard 55

part two: dance
Rhythmic Remembrances
yvonne daniel 79

Citizenship and Dance in Urban Brazil: Grupo Corpo, a Case Study
lucía m. suárez 95

Muscle/Memories: How Germaine Acogny and Diane McIntyre
Put Their Feet Down
susan leigh foster 121

“To Carry the Dance of the People Beyond”: Jean Léon Destiné,
Lavinia Williams, and Danse Folklorique Haïtienne
millery polyné 136

part three: contemporary music
Motherland Hip-Hop: Connective Marginality and African American
Youth Culture in Senegal and Kenya
halifu osumare 161

New York Bomba: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and a Bridge Called Haiti
raquel z. rivera 178

Talking Drums: Soca and Go-Go Music as Grassroots Identity Movements
deidre r. gantt 200

Warriors of the Word: Rapso in Trinidad’s Festival Culture
patricia van leeuwaarde moonsammy 214

Timba Brava: Maroon Music in Cuba
umi vaughan 234

Salsa Memory: Revisiting Grupo Folklórico y Experimental Nuevayorquino
juan flores and rené lópez 256

Epilogue: Performing Memories—The Atlantic Theater of Cultural
Production and Exchange
carroll smith-rosenberg 269

contributors 275

index