This review is organized as a history of the diverse elements of scholarship by which the field of African Diaspora … More
Category: African Diaspora Anthropology
Diaspora is a term used to describe the mass, often involuntary, dispersal of a population from a homeland to multiple areas, and the creation of communities and identities based on the histories and consequences of that dispersal. Diaspora entered the anthropological lexicon through the early ethnographic and theoretical work on the communities of African descent in the New World and has since attained new epistemological and political resonances.
The Great Revival: CIAD II
It is the intention of the editor to present a series of texts written by some of the most … More
Candomblé, Macumba Ritual and Jaré in Brazil
One Sunday in February, 2008 when my wife and I were living in the bairro of Itapúa which is situated … More