Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans Contributor(s): Evans, Freddi Williams (Author), Kwabena 'Nketia, J. H. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1935754033 ISBN-13: 9781935754039 Publisher: University of Louisiana
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 2011 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
Dewey: 976.335 |
LCCN: 2010037423 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.6" W x 9.01" L (0.82 lbs) 209 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans comprises the first comprehensive study of one of the New World's most sacred sites of African American memory and community. Beginning in the eighteenth century, enslaved Africans and free people of color gathered in Congo Square on Sunday afternoons discontinuously for well over one hundred years. This book presents accounts and descriptions of the songs, dances, musical instruments, religious beliefs, and marketing traditions that typified those gatherings. Written in a language accessible to the general public and students on the undergraduate as well as secondary level, this book includes an innovative timeline, maps, graphic images, extensive endnotes, and bibliographic references. This distinguishes it as an exceptional teaching resource for Louisiana as well as African American history and culture across the curriculum. |
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