Comfa Religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean Community: Transforming Politics into EducationSUNY Press, 2001 M05 16 - 244 páginas Through a distinctive blend of description and analysis Kean Gibson examines the Guyanese religion known as Comfa. Reflecting the socio-cultural history of Guyana, Comfa shows influences of European and Asian cultures and religions in an essentially African framework. Gibson compares the variation exemplified in Comfa with the Guyanese Creole language and challenges the continuum theory of Creole linguistics, which predicts that the Creole language will evolve to become English. Gibson also explores the implications of both forms of social behavior for the notion of identity in a multicultural community. |
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... African Soldier I - 10 Figure 3.11 Serial Possession 8 : An Old Amerindian Woman I - 11 Figure 3.12 Serial Possession 9 : Mother Earth I - 12 Figure 4.1 Yowa 151 Acknowledgments The research for this book was financed by the.
... African Soldier I - 10 Figure 3.11 Serial Possession 8 : An Old Amerindian Woman I - 11 Figure 3.12 Serial Possession 9 : Mother Earth I - 12 Figure 4.1 Yowa 151 Acknowledgments The research for this book was financed by the.
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... African - Guyanese culture before the deaths of my paternal grandmother and great - aunt who knew about and attended African - derived cultural events . Their mother was the daughter of a Kru indentured laborer who came to Guyana in ...
... African - Guyanese culture before the deaths of my paternal grandmother and great - aunt who knew about and attended African - derived cultural events . Their mother was the daughter of a Kru indentured laborer who came to Guyana in ...
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... African - derived religions in the Caribbean , but very little on Guyana . Simpson wrote : Christianization in Guyana has never involved the development of new forms of liturgy , nor has it been accompanied by enthusiastic forms of ...
... African - derived religions in the Caribbean , but very little on Guyana . Simpson wrote : Christianization in Guyana has never involved the development of new forms of liturgy , nor has it been accompanied by enthusiastic forms of ...
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... African - derived drumming and danc- ing , the square dancing accompanied by an African drum and harmonica , the Chinese dragon dance , and the massive boom boxes blaring reggae and dub music . Then at another moment I was an observer ...
... African - derived drumming and danc- ing , the square dancing accompanied by an African drum and harmonica , the Chinese dragon dance , and the massive boom boxes blaring reggae and dub music . Then at another moment I was an observer ...
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... African Derivation This chapter looks at the African foundation of Comfa showing that unlike other African - Caribbean religions , it is essentially Bantu . The chapter also attempts to classify the religion according to Simpson's ...
... African Derivation This chapter looks at the African foundation of Comfa showing that unlike other African - Caribbean religions , it is essentially Bantu . The chapter also attempts to classify the religion according to Simpson's ...
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Peoples and Religions of Guyana | 3 |
Faithist Church and Spirit Beliefs | 57 |
Comfa Ceremonies | 93 |
Comfa as an African Derivation | 149 |
Comfa as Social Process | 169 |
The Continuums of Guyanese Creole and Guyanese Comfa | 191 |
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