Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition

In: Africana Religions 2

Abstract

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Kongo Christianity, Festive Performances, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition -- Part 1 Ritual Battles from the Kongo Kingdom to the Americas -- 1 Sangamentos on Congo Square? Kongolese Warriors, Brotherhood Kings, and Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans -- 2 Moros e Christianos Ritualized Naval Battles: Baptizing American Waters with African Spiritual Meaning -- 3 A Mexican Sangamento? The First Afro-Christian Performance in the Americas -- Part 2 America's Black Kings and Diplomatic Representation -- 4 Representing an African King in Brazil -- 5 Black Ceremonies in Perspective: Brazil and Dahomey in the Eighteenth Century -- Part 3 Reconsidering Primary Sources -- 6 Envisioning Brazil's Afro-Christian Congados: The Black King and Queen Festival Lithograph of Johann Moritz Rugendas -- 7 The Orisa House That Afro-Catholics Built: Africana Antecedents to Yoruba Religious Formation in Trinidad -- Part 4 Aurality and Diasporic Traditions -- 8 On Hearing Africas in the Americas: Domestic Celebrations for Catholic Saints as Afro-Diasporic Religious Tradition -- Contributors -- Index