Let Spirit Speak!: Cultural Journeys through the African Diaspora

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Abegunde, Osunbimpe, 13–24 Africanidad, 105–106 Aldana, Ligia, S. 39–50 Alleyne, Lauren, 71–75 A paixão segundo G.H. (Clarice Lispector), 127–129 Artel, Jorge, 87–97, 103–105 “Ahora hablo de gaitas,” 92 “Alto Congo,” 95–96 “Barrio abajo,” 95 “Bullerengue,” 94 “El mismo hierro,” 94–95 “Importancia del Folklore,” 89–90 “La cumbia,” 90–91, 92–93 “La voz de los ancestros,” 89 “Negro soy,” 104–105 “Playa de Varadero,” 96 “Romance mulato,” 93 Art, plastic. See Campos-Pons; María Magdalena Autobiography. See Abegunde, Osunbimpe; Maddox, John Thomas IV Ball, Charles, 119 Bambara, Toni Cade, 59, 63, 65 Brazil, 127–129 Camp, Stephanie, 123 Campos-Pons, María Magdalena, 51–55 China Porcelain, My Mother Told Me I am Chinese, 54 My Mother Told Me I am Chinese, 52 Painting Lesson, 53–54 Cannes Brulées, 8 Cantos populares de mi tierra (Candelario Obeso), 101–103 Carne Vale, 8–9 Casa de África, 26 Champeta (music), 40–47 ChocQuibTown, 108–109 Cliff, Michelle, 78–86 Colombia, 31–37, 39–50, 87–97, 99–110 Cornejo Polar, Antonio, 46 Cuba, 25–29, 51–56, 129–132 Chinese presence, 52–53, 55 David, Ashley, 57–66 Davis, Angela, 120n4 Dayan, Joan (Colin), 112–113 Des hommes et des dieux, 111–117 Diaspora, African, xi, 42n10, 99–100, 136 Drums, Animal skin, 8–9 Bamboo, 9–10 Steel oil, 10–12 “Eh” (Ana-Maurine Lara), 70 Enwezor, Okwui, 51 Erzulie, 1, 5, 111–115 Esgrima. See grima Ezili. See Erzulie Fanon, Frantz, 77 Feracho, Lesley, 127 Festival de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, 27 Index 147 148 Index Film. See Martínez, Oilda; Saint-Just, Sophie F.; Foucault, Michel, 82n6, 121 Fundación Fernando Ortiz, 26 García-Conde, Luisa, 87–97 “Gathering Song for Samuel” (Ana-Maurine Lara), 69 Gilroy, Paul 46 Grima, 31–37 Grueso Romero, Mary, 105–106 “Negra soy,” 106 Guapetón, 31–37 Haiti, 1–5, 111–118 Hartman, Saidiya, 120 Herlinghaus, Herman, 47 Horowitz, Gregg, 131 Jackson, Richard, 103 Jacobs, Harriet, 122–123, 122n11 Juego de machete. See grima La nada cotidiana (Zoé Valdés), 129–132 “Landlocked” (Lauren Alleyne), 71–72 Lara, Ana-Maurine, 67–70 Lescot, Anne, 116 Lewis, Marvin, 99 Lispector, Clarice, 127–129 López Ropero, Lourdes, 42–43 Maddox, John Thomas IV, 127–133 Madrazo Luna, Juan Antonio, 25 Magloire, Laurence, 116–117 Martial arts. See Obi, T. J. Desch Martínez, Oilda, 25–29 Massiah, Louis, 63–64 “Meetung” (Ana-Maurine Lara), 67 Memmi, Albert, 79n4 Molloy, Sylvia, 127 Music. See Aldana, Ligia S.; ChocQuibTown ; Nathaniel, Daina Nathaniel, Daina, 7–12 Négritude, 104 No Telephone to Heaven (Michlle Cliff), 78–86 Novels. See Bambara, Toni Cade; Cliff, Michelle ; Lispector, Clarice; Valdés, Zoé Obeso, Candelario, 101–103 “Expresión de mis amistad,” 102–103 Obi, T. J. Desch, 31–37 Olodumare, 13 Oraciones, 32–35 “Origin” (Lauren Alleyne), 73–74 Oro (ChocQuibTown), 108–109 Pellé, Corvalán, 28 Perea, Guesnerth Josué, 99–110 Período Especial (Special Period), 26, 130–131 Poetry. See Alleyne, Lauren; Artel, Jorge; Grueso Romero, Mary; Lara, AnaMaurine ; Obeso, Candelario; Ramirez, Mary Theresa; Ulysse, Gina Athena Prater, Tzarina T., 77–85 “Prietos” (ChocQuibTown), 109 Raboteau, Albert, 121–124 Ramirez, Mary Theresa, 105, 107–108 “Canto mágico,” 107 RAZA, 27–29 Rezadores, 37 Rodríguez Monegal, Emir, 130 Saint-Just, Sophie F., 111–118 Salt Eaters, The, 57–65 “Samuel’s Prayer” (Ana-Maurine Lara), 70 Santería, 53 Scott, James, 120 Serviat, Pedro, 25 Shirey, Heather, 51–56 “Sky from the Ground, The” (Lauren Alleyne ), 75 Syedullah, Jasmine, 119–125 Tamboo Bamboo, 9 Tambores en la noche (Jorge Artel), 90, 96, 104 Index 149 Tarrow, Sidney, 121n7 Torres, Viviano, 43–44 “Minikusuto/Vengan a la tierra,” 44 Towers, Luis “El Rasta,” 39, 44–46 “El liso en Olaya,” 44–46 “Mamá África,” 39 Trinidad and Tobago, 7–12 “Uhawters” (Ana-Maurine Lara), 68 Ulysse, Gina Athena, 1–5 United States, 57–66, 119–125 Valdés, Vanessa K., xi–xii, 135–136 Valdés, Zoé, 129–132 Ventajas, 31–33, 36–37 Vodun, 111–112, 114–116 Wade, Peter, 94 “What Kept Us” (Lauren Alleyne), 72 Woolfork, Lisa, 14 Wilentz, Gay, 62 Zapata, Delia, 93n12, 94 AFRICAN STUDIES State University of New York Press www.sunypress.edu In this unique and groundbreaking collection, writers, critics, historians, and...