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

CONTENTS
Introduction: Kongo Christianity, Festive Performances, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition / Cécile Fromont and Michael Iyanaga

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 / Jeroen Dewulf
2. Moros e Christianos Ritualized Naval Battles: Baptizing American Waters with African Spiritual Meaning / Kevin Dawson
3. A Mexican Sangamento? The First Afro-Christian Performance in the Americas / Miguel A. Valerio

PART 2 America’s Black Kings and Diplomatic Representation
4. Representing an African King in Brazil / Lisa Voigt
5. Black Ceremonies in Perspective: Brazil and Dahomey in the Eighteenth Century / Junia Ferreira Furtado

PART 3 Reconsidering Primary Sources
6. Envisioning Brazil’s Afro-Christian Congados: The Black King and Queen Festival Lithograph of Johann Moritz Rugendas / Cécile Fromont
7. The Orisa House That Afro-Catholics Built: Africana Antecedents to Yoruba Religious Formation in Trinidad / Dianne M. Stewart

PART 4 Aurality and Diasporic Traditions
8. On Hearing Africas in the Americas: Domestic Celebrations for Catholic Saints as Afro-Diasporic Religious Tradition / Michael Iyanaga

List of Contributors
Index