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Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World

Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World

Desch-Obi, T. J.

Hardcover

Series: Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World

Black American StudiesGeneral World HistoryMartial Arts

ISBN10: 1570037183
ISBN13: 9781570037184
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: Feb 28 2008
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.21 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.09
Language: English

A groundbreaking investigation into the migration of martial arts techniques across continents and centuries

The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americas has long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, and religion. T. J. Desch-Obi explores another cultural continuity that is as old as eighteenth-century slave settlements in South America and as contemporary as hip-hop culture. In this thorough survey of the history of African martial arts techniques, Desch-Obi maps the translation of numerous physical combat techniques across three continents and several centuries to illustrate how these practices evolved over time and are still recognizable in American culture today. Some of these art traditions were part of African military training while others were for self-defense and spiritual discipline.

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