This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.

Autorentext
CHERYL STERLING teaches African and African Diaspora studies in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar and is also the co-founder and editor of the on-line arts journal, AfroBeat Journal .

Inhalt
What Roots? Which Routes? Where is Africa in the Nation? History as Transformative Praxis Ritual Encounters and Performative Moments From Candomblé to Carnaval: The Transformation of Ritual into Public Performance and Discourse Aesthetically Black: The Articulation of Blackness in the Black Arts Movement and Quilombhoje Performing Bodies Performing Blackness Performing Self: The Quest for a Transformative Poiesis Centering Blackness: Hip Hop and the Outing of Marginality Uma Luta que Nos Transcende