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Post by Charlie Bass on Feb 1, 2012 3:32:43 GMT -5
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Post by Charlie Bass on Feb 1, 2012 3:48:50 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Feb 1, 2012 4:06:21 GMT -5
Charles one of the books that is a must read In another thread I touched upon the Nisbidi writeing that survived in the Caribbean and the American south which influenced America's quilt culture The Kongo Cosmogram – Yowa, the Kongo sign of cosmos and the continuity of human lifeIn addition to providing a rich source of ideas that help archaeologists begin to understand the material cultures of enslaved African-Americans and African-Caribbeans, this book has also been a source of many primary ethnographic references used by Ken Brown and other historical archaeologists who study African Diasporan peoples. Links are provided within the excerpt below to archaeological interpretations in this web site which have been informed by a better understanding of how Kongo and Yoruba traditions were transformed in the America's www.webarchaeology.com/html/kongocos.htmVery good link btw most of my pics have disappeared will try and recover them soon.
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Post by Charlie Bass on Feb 1, 2012 4:13:09 GMT -5
Charles one of the books that is a must read In another thread I touched upon the Nisbidi writeing that survived in the Caribbean and the American south which influenced America's quilt culture The Kongo Cosmogram – Yowa, the Kongo sign of cosmos and the continuity of human lifeIn addition to providing a rich source of ideas that help archaeologists begin to understand the material cultures of enslaved African-Americans and African-Caribbeans, this book has also been a source of many primary ethnographic references used by Ken Brown and other historical archaeologists who study African Diasporan peoples. Links are provided within the excerpt below to archaeological interpretations in this web site which have been informed by a better understanding of how Kongo and Yoruba traditions were transformed in the America's www.webarchaeology.com/html/kongocos.htmVery good link btw most of my pics have disappeared will try and recover them soon. I'm going to have to check this out I always wanted to know how much central African influence has been retained.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Feb 2, 2012 22:10:57 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Feb 3, 2012 4:07:01 GMT -5
Much thanks never heard of it, goes to show much info is just hiding in plain sight.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Feb 5, 2012 18:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by sundiata on Feb 6, 2012 12:40:12 GMT -5
I do not want to post copyrighted material on this board in public, but a must-read is Joseph E. Holloway's "What African has Given America". It is part of the "writing African History" anthology, which I have in PDF format so if anyone wants to take a look at the full article, just private message me. A good slice of it (most of the article) however, can be accessed via google books in the meantime. Click HereBass, you may also want to look up the work of Michael Gomez who works over at NYU.
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