Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. <br/><br/>
West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals :  History, Memory, and Transnationalism. 

 - 1 online resource (301 pages) 
 - Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser. ;  v.88 .
<br/><br/>Front cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On Origins of Masking -- Chapter 2. Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland -- Chapter 3. Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE -- Chapter 4. Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800 -- Chapter 5. Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas -- Chapter 6. Unmasking the Masquerade -- Chapter 7. Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms -- Chapter 8. Memory and Masquerade Narratives -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781787447202 
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