In recent decades, there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in African-styled traditions and the influence of these traditions upon the African diaspora.
In this important new analysis, author Raphael Njoku explores the transnational connections between masquerade narratives and memory over the past four centuries to show how enslaved Africans became culture carriers of inherited African traditions.
In doing so, he questions the scholarly predisposition toward ethnicization of African c.
University Of Rochester Press West african masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals: history, memory, and transnationalism, paperback/raphael chijioke njoku
