Facing up to the past : perspectives on the commemoration of slavery from Africa, the Americas and Europe / edited by Gert Oostindie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oostindie, Gert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

History.

Slavery--Caribbean Area--History.

Enslaved persons.

Monuments.

Caribbean Area.

Slavery--Netherlands--History.

Enslaved persons--Monuments--Netherlands.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Publishers, 2001.

Contents:

Stony regrets and the pledges for the future / Gert Oostindie

The subject of the world / Achille Mbembe

Of forts, castles, and silences / Ama Ata Aidoo

Freedom, yes!

And then what? / Carl Niehaus

The slave trade and slavery in the Western Indian Ocean : significant contrasts / Abdul Sheriff

The forgotten region : commemorations of slavery in Mauritius and South Africa / Nigel Worden

To each his commemoration / Ina Césaire

Monuments and silent screamings : a view from Martinique / Richard Price

In living memory : the commemoration of slavery in Cuba / Pedro Pérez Sarduy

Puerto Rico, slavery, race : faded memories, erased histories / Lowell Fiet

The legacy of slavery and social relations in Brazil / Flávio dos Santos Gomes

Remembering slavery from nearby : heritage Brazilian style / Livio Sansone

Emancipation in the British Caribbean / Hilary Beckles

Slavery and the diaspora imagination / Olu Oguibe

Remembering slavery in the United States / Allison Blakely

Commemorating slavery and abolition in the United States of America / Seymour Drescher

Un beau geste / Frank Martinus Arion

The long road to a monument / Alex van Stipriaan

The Creole Janus face / Ruben Gowricharn

African slaves and the Atlantic world / Harry Goulbourne

Slavery, truth, and reconciliation / James Walvin

A respectable trade / Ratan Vaswani.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9766370559

OCLC:

50547511