Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism / Tracey E. Hucks ; foreword by Charles H. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hucks, Tracey E., 1965-

Series:

Religions of the Americas Series

Religions of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adefunmi, Oseijeman, 1928-2005.

Adefunmi, Oseijeman.

Orisha religion--United States--History.

Orisha religion.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Black nationalism--United States--History.

Black nationalism.

Oyotunji African Village (S.C.)--History.

Oyotunji African Village (S.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultu

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Harlem Window: An Introduction; PART ONE: The Harlem Years; 1: "We Have as Much Right . . . to Believe that God Is a Negro": Religious Nationalism and the Rehumanization of Blackness; 2: "Here I Is Where I Has Longed to Be": Racial Agency, Urban Religion, and the Early Years of Walter Eugene King; 3: Harlem Yoruba, Orisha-Vodu, and the Making of "New Oyo"; 4: "Indigenous Literacies" and the African Library Series: A Textual Approach to History, Nation, and Tradition

5: "This Religion Comes from Cuba!": Race, Religion, and Contested Geographies PART TWO: African American Yoruba Since 1970; 6: Oyotunji African Village: A Diaspora Experiment in African Nationhood; 7: "That's Alright . . . I'm a Yoruba Baptist": Negotiating Religious Plurality and "Theological Openness" in African American Yoruba Practice; 8: "Afrikan Americans in the U.S.A. Bring Something Different to Ifa": Indigenizing Yoruba Religious Cultures; Conclusion: "What We're Looking for in Africa Is Already Here": A Conclusion for the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-63722-7

0-8263-5077-1

OCLC:

817819602

Publisher Number:

heb40362 hdl