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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790274803321

Autore

Hucks Tracey E. <1965->

Titolo

Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism [[electronic resource] /] / Tracey E. Hucks ; foreword by Charles H. Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-63722-7

0-8263-5077-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Collana

Religions of the Americas

Disciplina

299.6/83330973

Soggetti

Orisha religion - United States - History

African Americans - Religion

Black nationalism - United States - History

Oyotunji African Village (S.C.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Harlem Window: An Introduction; PART ONE: The Harlem Years; 1: "We Have as Much Right . . . to Believe that God Is a Negro": Religious Nationalism and the Rehumanization of Blackness; 2: "Here I Is Where I Has Longed to Be": Racial Agency, Urban Religion, and the Early Years of Walter Eugene King; 3: Harlem Yoruba, Orisha-Vodu, and the Making of "New Oyo"; 4: "Indigenous Literacies" and the African Library Series: A Textual Approach to History, Nation, and Tradition

5: "This Religion Comes from Cuba!": Race, Religion, and Contested Geographies PART TWO: African American Yoruba Since 1970; 6: Oyotunji African Village: A Diaspora Experiment in African Nationhood; 7: "That's Alright . . . I'm a Yoruba Baptist": Negotiating Religious Plurality and "Theological Openness" in African American Yoruba Practice; 8: "Afrikan Americans in the U.S.A. Bring Something Different to Ifa": Indigenizing Yoruba Religious Cultures; Conclusion: "What We're Looking for in Africa Is Already Here": A Conclusion for the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an



artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultu