The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic WorldToyin Falola, Matt D. Childs This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World. The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele, Christine Ayorinde, Matt D. Childs, Gibril R. Cole, David Eltis, Toyin Falola, C. Magbaily Fyle, Rosalyn Howard, Robin Law, Babatunde Lawal, Russell Lohse, Paul E. Lovejoy, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Robin Moore, Ann O'Hear, Luis Nicolau Parés, Michele Reid, João José Reis, Kevin Roberts, and Mariza de Carvalho Soares. Blacks in the Diaspora -- Claude A. Clegg III, editor |
Contents
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I The Yoruba Homeland and Diaspora | 15 |
Dimensions and Implications | 17 |
3 The Yoruba Factor in the TransAtlantic Slave Trade | 40 |
4 The Enslavement of Yoruba | 56 |
II The Yoruba Diaspora in the Americas | 75 |
The Yoruba Diaspora in Brazil | 77 |
Origins Identities and Transformations | 111 |
Ethnic Change and the Mina Nation in Rio de Janeiro | 231 |
13 Yoruba Family Gender and Kinship Roles in New World Slavery | 248 |
Yoruba Sacred Music in Socialist Cuba | 260 |
Yoruba Elements in African American Arts | 291 |
16 Yorubaisms in African American Speech Patterns | 325 |
IV The Return to Yorubaland | 347 |
17 Yoruba Liberated Slaves Who Returned to West Africa | 349 |
18 The Yoruba Diaspora in Sierra Leones Krio Society | 366 |
The Yoruba in Colonial Costa Rica | 130 |
A Comparative Perspective on Trinidad and the Bahamas | 157 |
9 The Influential Yoruba Past in Haiti | 177 |
III The Cultural Foundations of the Yoruba Diaspora | 183 |
10 The Nagôization Process in Bahian Candomblé | 185 |
Tradition and Transformation | 209 |