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From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians | Jeroen Dewulf

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From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians presents a provocatively new interpretation of one of New Orleans's most enigmatic traditionsthe Mardi Gras Indians. By interpreting the tradition in an Atlantic context, Dewulf traces the "black Indians" back to the ancient Kingdom of Kongo and its war dance known as sangamento. Enslaved Kongolese brought the rhythm, dancing moves, and feathered headwear of sangamentos to the Americas in performances that came to be known as "Kongo dances."

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From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians | Jeroen Dewulf

so-so

Found the author‘s style pretty dry (it is an academic book) and he clubs you over the head repeatedly with his conclusions (again, academia) but the material was interesting. I was looking for more info about the Mardi Gras Indians but was given a broad historical sweep of performative culture in the African diaspora, syncretism of Iberian plays/marches with African drumming and the roots of folk Catholicism that make up Voudou, Candomble, etc.

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