Sacred drums of liberation : religions and music of resistance in Africa and the Diaspora / by Don C. Ohadike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ohadike, Don C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture.

Africans.

Civil rights.

Music.

Africa--Religion.

Africa.

Religion.

Africans--Music.

Africans--Civil rights.

Politics and culture--Africa.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

xlv, 259 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton N.J. : Africa World Press, [2007]

Contents:

Traditional African religious beliefs and anticolonial protests in Africa : Maji Maji, Nyabingi and Mau Mau

From Africa to the Americas : traditional African religions and resistance in Cuba, Brazil and Haiti

Rumba, samba, capoeira and steelband : black music of protest in Cuba, Brazil, and Trinidad

From Kumina to black zionism then to Rasta and Reggae in Jamaica

The spread of African liberation theology : from Africa to the United States and then back to Africa

Black liberation theology and resistance in Africa and the United States

Black popular music of resistance in the United States : from the slaves' work songs to Blues and then to R&B, Rap and Hip Hop

Black music of resistance against apartheid in South Africa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-241) and index.

ISBN:

1592215165

9781592215164

1592215173

9781592215171

OCLC:

74964702