Sacred drums of liberation
Subtitle: religions and music of resistance in Africa and the Diaspora
By: by Don C. Ohadike
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Trenton N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781592215164; 9781592215171
Subjects: Africans -- Music; Africans -- Civil rights; Politics and culture -- Africa; African diaspora; Africa -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index
Table of contents: title: Traditional African religious beliefs and anticolonial protests in Africa : Maji Maji, Nyabingi and Mau Mau; title: From Africa to the Americas : traditional African religions and resistance in Cuba, Brazil and Haiti; title: Rumba, samba, capoeira and steelband : black music of protest in Cuba, Brazil, and Trinidad; title: From Kumina to black zionism then to Rasta and Reggae in Jamaica; title: The spread of African liberation theology : from Africa to the United States and then back to Africa; title: Black liberation theology and resistance in Africa and the United States; title: Black popular music of resistance in the United States : from the slaves' work songs to Blues and then to R&B, Rap and Hip Hop; title: Black music of resistance against apartheid in South Africa