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Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice

Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice

John, Catherine A.

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Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People

Literary CriticismBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 1478038985
ISBN13: 9781478038986
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Aug 25 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Afroindigenization, Catherine A. John addresses the underbelly of spiritual resilience shaping a range of African diasporic institutions, traditions, and practices. John argues that repressed forms of indigenous African knowledge systems manifest in a myriad of culturally embodied ways in African diaspora spaces and places. From mermaid lore in rural Jamaica to hip-hop trance-induced dance in Los Angeles to the stories of two debaters-turned-social-media-influencers, John shows how the descendants of enslaved Africans express the signs and substance of their afroindigenous power through collective creativity. Drawing from scholars such as Vèvè Clark, Hortense Spillers, Dianne M. Stewart, and Sylvia Wynter, Afroindigenization exposes the cultural and spiritual ancestries that lie at the heart of modern Black identities and practices.

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