Nation Dance: Religion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean

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Index Abakuá, 61; and role of women, 54–55, 58 Amerindians. See Aboriginal peoples Amharic, 69–70 Aboriginal peoples (First Nations), 11, 37, 41, 51, 79, 81, 84, 86, 147, 149, 167–68, 178 Amsterdam, 33, 36 Ananse, 130 Aboriginal religious traditions, 2–3, 51, 57, 61 Aboriginal spirits, 43 ancestors, 1–2, 5, 7, 21, 120, 130, 135, 160–62, 165; spirits of, 19, 21, 32–39. See also NaAbyssinia , 69, 72. See also Cush; Ethiopia acculturation, 55 tion Dance androcentrism, 106–108 Adam, 106–107, 110–11, 114 Adams, Tom, 134 androgyny, 111 Anglican Church, Anglicans. See Church of Addis Ababa, 74 Africa, 3–5, 7, 9–11, 19, 28, 35–37, 40, 71–75, England. Anglophone Caribbean (West Indies), 4–5, 72– 104, 130, 134, 175–77, 181–83, 185, 188, 190–91; Central, 137; Northern, 74, 79–80, 85, 88–89, 105, 134, 137, 144, 191; intellectuals (writers) of, 72, 158; West, 36. See also specific nations African Americans, 9, 71, 185–86; black intellec- 150 Anglo-Saxons, 167–68 tuals on identity of, 177, 179 African languages, 37, 42, 52, 148 anthropology (ethnology), 2, 8–9, 32, 122, 156, 164, 169 African Methodist Episcopal Church, 82 African religious traditions, 1–12, 40, 42–43, Antigua, 25–29, 150 Apostolic Teaching Centre, 112–16, 117 46, 51, 69, 80, 82, 88, 188–89; and aboriginal traditions, 4–5, 61; and Chinese Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 151 Arabia, 67, 69, 143 traditions, 164; and Christianity, 3, 9, 21, 34–36, 42–43, 75, 82, 90; in Cuba, 54– Arabic, 9, 40, 48, 66 Arabs, 75, 150, 152 62, 164; in Guyana, 40–53, 90–91; in Haiti, 181–82; and Hinduism, 42; in Ja- Arada. See Rada Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 119–22, 124–25 maica, 71–78, 130; role of women in, 7, 17–24, 45–51, 54–62; in Surinam, 32– Ark of the Covenant, 67–68, 72, 76 Arkoun, Mohammed, 41, 43, 46, 52 39. See also Abakuá; Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Kumina; Nation Dance; Obeah; Arya Samaj, 146, 189 Asia, 3, 10, 11, 69, 104 Orisha; Rastafari; Regla de Congo; Regla de Ocha; Spiritual Baptist Faith; Spiritualism; Asian religious traditions, 80. See also Chinese religious traditions; Indian religious tradiVodou ; Winti African spirits, 18 tions; and specific religious traditions Asians, 37, 38, 79, 162; intellectuals, 161 Africans, 21, 28, 32, 49, 52, 54–56, 61, 72–74, 84, 90–91, 130–35, 145, 149–50, 165, āśrama, 142 atheism, 168 184–89. See also specific nationalities Afrocentrism, 176–77, 185 Atlanta, 129 Auerbach, Erich, 156 Afro-Creole, 39, 91, 99, 103 Agaw, 69–70, 71 Augier, Roy, 77 Austin-Broos, Diane, 105, 117, 131, 136 Ahmad, Aijaz, 154–56, 168 Aichele, George, 42, 52 Axum, 67–71, 76 āyat, 40–51 Akan, 42 Al Ghazi, 71 Ayodha, 143 Allah, 3, 48 Allsopp, Richard, 3, 12 babalawo, 58–60 Babylon, 72, 78 Álvarez Rı́os, Baldomero, 159, 168 America. See United States Bahamas, 149 Bailey, Donovan, 129 Americas, 3, 10, 71, 74, 176–77, 186 210 Index BaKongo. See Congo Bishton, Derek, 74, 76 Bisnauth, Dale, 42–43, 52, 84, 87, 99, 103, balm, 131. See also healing Bangladesh, 181 107–108, 117 Black Arts Movement, 149 Bantu, 52, 57 Baptists, 83, 85, 88; African American, 81; Black Power, 74–75, 187 Blean, S. B., 95 “Black,” 71; English, 81; in Haiti, 120, 121; “Native,” 4, 82. See also Spiritual Bap- Block, Ariel, 76 Block, Chana, 76 tist Faith Barbados, 1, 21, 81–83, 87–88, 104–17, 134, Blyden, Edward, 71 Boethius, 139 181–82 Barnavi, Eli, 70, 71, 76 Bohn, Sharon, 105, 117 Bongers, J., 39 Barnet, Miguel, 159–60 Barrett, Leonard, 70, 76 Boukman, 4 Boxhill, Ian, 148, 151 Barrio Chino. See Havana Barthes, Roland, 173 Brahman, 141–42, 143 Brahmo Samaj, 146 Bassier, Dennis, 41, 42, 52 Bastos da Silva, Beatriz, 168 Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, 2, 12, 74, 75, 76, 129, 136 bātin, 40–51 Bauls, 141 Brazil, 38, 60, 119 Breinburg, Petronella, 8, 33, 39 Bauman, Zygmunt, 176 Beatty, Paul B., Jr., 85, 87 Bridge, Wallis, 76 Britain. See United Kingdom Beaumont (Chief Justice), 185 Belafonte, Harry, 132, 135 British Guiana. See Guyana British Guiana Congregational Union, 89–103 belief. See faith Belize, 11, 149 British Guiana East Indian Association, 189 British West Indies. See Anglophone Caribbean Benı́tez-Rojo, Antonio, 5, 6, 12 Bennett, J. Harry, 81, 87 Brodber, Erna, 129, 132, 136 Bronkhurst...