Monuments of the Black Atlantic
Subtitle: slavery and memory
By: Joanne M. Braxton, Maria I. Diedrich, (eds.)
Contributors: Braxton, Joanne M; Diedrich, Maria
Series: FORECAAST -- v. 13
Publisher: LIT; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Münster; New Brunswick [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Slave trade -- United States -- History
Description: "The essays collected here illustrate that the repressed memory of crossing lives not only in the academy, in oral traditions, and in the stone walls of slave fortresses but in the liturgy as well as the spiritual and religious practices throughout the African Diaspora. Descendants of African slaves living in the wide Diaspora are bearers of an "unforgetful strength" that endures and endures, manifesting itself in every aspect of culture. Black writers, artists and musicians in the New World have tested the limits of cultural memory, finding in it the inspiration to "speak the unspeakable.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references