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Facing up to the past : perspectives on the commemoration of slavery from Africa, the Americas and Europe
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- Creator
- edited by Gert Oostindie
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Publishers, 2001
- Physical Details
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- 150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789766370558, 9766370559
- OCLC
- ocm50547511
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Stony regrets and the pledges for the future / Gert Oostindie -- The subject of the world / Achille Mbembe -- Of forts, castles, and silences / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Freedom, yes!-- And then what? / Carl Niehaus -- The slave trade and slavery in the Western Indian Ocean : significant contrasts / Abdul Sheriff -- The forgotten region : commemorations of slavery in Mauritius and South Africa / Nigel Worden -- To each his commemoration / Ina Césaire -- Monuments and silent screamings : a view from Martinique / Richard Price -- In living memory : the commemoration of slavery in Cuba / Pedro Pérez Sarduy -- Puerto Rico, slavery, race : faded memories, erased histories / Lowell Fiet -- The legacy of slavery and social relations in Brazil / Flávio dos Santos Gomes -- Remembering slavery from nearby : heritage Brazilian style / Livio Sansone -- Emancipation in the British Caribbean / Hilary Beckles -- Slavery and the diaspora imagination / Olu Oguibe -- Remembering slavery in the United States / Allison Blakely -- Commemorating slavery and abolition in the United States of America / Seymour Drescher -- Un beau geste / Frank Martinus Arion -- The long road to a monument / Alex van Stipriaan -- The Creole Janus face / Ruben Gowricharn -- African slaves and the Atlantic world / Harry Goulbourne -- Slavery, truth, and reconciliation / James Walvin -- A respectable trade / Ratan Vaswani