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Osain en Matanzas: Arará Lukumí Mayombe |
Sociedad Abakuá es tan fuerte en Cuba como en África,dice investigador Norteamericano,
WDS, 8/13/07
How
I went to Calabar and became an Ékpè Ambassador to the Cuban Abakuá
brotherhood, 3/05
“The Formation of African Identities in the Americas: Spiritual ‘ethnicity’.” Contours: A Journal of the African Diaspora by Ivor Miller, dedicated to Rogelio Martinez Fure, 2004. [PDF: 451 kb]
Interview with Author Oriri E. Oriri on "Tradition" and "Modernity" in a Cross River Community 5/1/2018 Transition, No 126: by Ivor Miller - "ORIRI EKOM ORIRI hails from Akparabong, an Ejagham-speaking rural community in the Ikom Local Government Area of Nigeria's Cross River State. His first novel, The Hunt, published by Calabar in 2010, describes in fascinating detail the indigenous institutions of his community: the Mgbe (Ekpe) "leopard" society for justice, the Moninkim coming of age rites for women, the age-grade system for community organization, and traditional marriage rites. The book then shows how westernization-the influence of Christianity, money and the police-transformed these traditional institutions. While Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart examines the tragic effect of western influence at the start of the British empire, The Hunt is set firmly in the late twentieth century. In keenly observed detail, Oriri's story sets forth the transformation of a community in the face of an uncertain modernity."
Osain en Matanzas-Arará-Lukumí-Mayombe 11/18/2017 Ivor Miller
YouTube: "With Felipe Estebes Cairo in the forest around Jaguey Grande,
Matanzas, requesting permission from Osain, master of the forest, to cut a cedar
tree to create a sacred Arará drum. October 2017 Con Felipe Estebes Cairo en el
monte cerca de Jaguey Grande, Matanzas, pidiendo licencia para cortar un cedro
para crear un tambor Arará de fundamento. Octubre 2017."
Sandy Perez and
Vanessa Lindberg welcomed Prof. Wole Soyinka 11/15/2017 Ivor Miller
YouTube: "November 15, 2017, Sandy Perez and Vanessa Lindberg welcomed Prof.
Wole Soyinka to Harvard University with chants and rhythms from Ará Okó 'land of
Matazas', a center of African heritage in the Caribbean, to support Soyinka's
presentation about the reclamation of Yoruba heritage in the face of
colonialism. Ivor Miller. 15 Noviembre, 2017, Sandy Pérez y Vanessa Lindberg
dieron la bienvenida a el Prof. Wole Soyinka a Harvard University con cantos y
ritmos de Ará Okó 'la tierra de Matazas', la cuña de raíces africanas en el
Caribe, para apoyar la presentación de Soyinka sobre la reclamación de la
herencia Yoruba en resistencia al coloniaslimo."
‘Voice of the turtle’, Èyòngó nèwèn 8/30/2017 Cross River Culture: "The
turtle is a universal symbol of the Mgbè society, extending to the historically
related Abakuá society of Cuba, where Lydia Cabrera reported that, "many lodges
display turtle shells during celebrations or sometimes have a live turtle in
their Fambá [lodge hall] with the sign of Mokongo. These turtles wander around
all the corners of the Fambá, going out to the patio and returning to the Foekue
[inner sanctum]."
LYDIA
CABRERA IN TRANSLATION 4/20/2017 Harvard University: "Speakers: Marial
Iglesias Utset: Translating Cultures: Lydia Cabrera’s Liminal Worlds; Erwan
Dianteill: The French Translation of El Monte (2003): Genesis, Difficulties and
Reception of a Cuban Classic; Patricia González Gómez-Cásseres, and Ivor Miller:
Translating Lydia Cabrera’s La lengua sagrada de los ñáñigos. Lydia Cabrera’s
two decades of ethnographic research among Afro-Cuban communities produced an
extraordinary body of publications on Afro Caribbean religions and folklore.
Nevertheless, her oeuvre remains relatively unknown outside the Spanish-speaking
world and very little of it has been translated."
Separated by the Slave trade: Nigerians and Cubans reunite through a shared
cultural practice 9/1/2016 AfroCubaWeb: "by Ivor Miller, published in
Nigeria in 2015 with Abakwa material from the diaspora."
Reinaldo
Brito del Valle: Abakuá event 7/2/2016 YouTube: "An Abakuá event hosted by
Reinaldo Brito del Valle of the Uriabón Efí lodge of Havana, 2016. Born in 1930
in Regla, Brito is the composer of many rumbas, including "El Niño Rey" and
"Protesta Carabalí", both recorded by Yoruba Andabo. Video directed by Mayckell
Pedrero."
Calabar-Cuba Radio with Ene Ita and Ivor Miller 4/3/2016 Cross River
Cultural Heritage: reports from home and from the African Diaspora: with audio
files - "In 2010, Mr. Ene Ita, a professional Master of Ceremonies with Cross
River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC), created a series 30 minute programs with
Ivor Miller to review highlights of the Abakuá content in Cuban popular music,
which had been recorded since the 1910s. During the programs, Miller introduces
the recordings chronologically, decade by decade, and Ita responds in
recognition of obvious terms in the Efik language, as well as in the initiation
dialect of the Ékpè 'leopard' society of the Calabar region. This exercise was
meant to introduce the people of Calabar city, as well as the Cross River and
Akwa Ibom States to their ancestral heritage in the Caribbean. The programs were
broadcast on CRBC every Wednesday at 5pm for about two years, with a tremendous
response from the people. The programs were later discontinued by a new
administration that seemed to privilege Christian and foreign popular music over
the rich musical heritage of Calabar."
The Globalization of Calabar drums 2/2/2016 Cross River Cultural
Heritage: "Through the centuries-long trans-Atlantic slave trade into the
Caribbean (1500s-1800s), people from the Cross River region arrived in the
thousands. Their cultural influence is evident in many ways, among them being
the persistent use of drums with Cross River region tightening methods. These
are found on the island of Cuba, in Panamá and Colombia, and recently, wherever
else members of their communities have migrated."
Professor Eskor Toyo (1929-2015) 2/2/2016 Cross River Cultural
Heritage: "Professor Eskor Toyo was a Nigerian Labor Organizer and a Professor
of Economics at the University of Calabar. I learned about him while conducting
research on Ékpè songs, which he loved to sing and interpret. From 2010-2012 I
recorded a series of interviews with Toyo, whose knowledge of economic history
was remarkable."
The Sacred Language of the Abakuá 8/1/2015 Cross River Cultural
Heritage: "Cuban ethnographer and writer Lydia Cabrera (1899 Havana — 1991 USA),
compiled a 530 page dictionary of Abakuá language, originally published as La
lengua sagrada de los Náñigos (Miami: Ediciones Universales, Colección del
Chickerekú en el exile, 1988). We are translating this work as The Sacred
Language of the Abakuá, with translation and annotation by Patricia González
(Director, Smith College),
Victor Manfredi
(Consultant, Boston University), and
Ivor Miller
(Consultant, University of Calabar, Nigeria)… This project is supported by the
National Endowment for the Humanities."
Revue: MILLER "If We Lose Our Monolith Heritage, We Lose Our Identity" 6/28/2015 The
Guardian, Nigeria: "Because most of the scholarship in West Africa and the
Americas was focused on Yorùbá studies, when I made contact with ‘Carabalí’
elders in Havana who were ready to teach me about the relatively unknown history
emerging from Calabar and its hinterlands, I began to focus on Calabar studies,
where I have remained for some twenty years now."
LA MAKA EN DEFENSA DEL FOLCLOR CUBANO 7/7/2014 UNEAC: "En ese sentido,
destacó la presencia en la Maka del doctor Ivor Miller, estadounidense de
nacimiento que representa a la Universidad de Calabar en Nigeria y quien, junto
a antropólogos cubanos, ha investigado sobre la presencia del Abakuá en Cuba
—que nació de miembros de familias de inmigrantes Carabalíes y se mantiene a
través de familias descendientes— y continúa en la labor de mantener un enlace
de comunicación entre ambas comunidades. El doctor Miller distribuyó algunos
ejemplares de la revista internacional “Calabar Mgbé”, que da cuenta de estos
contactos desde que en 2001 se encontraran y reconocieran por primera vez. La
sociedad Abakuá cubana, heredera de las sociedades “Efik Ekpé” y “Ejagham Ngbé”
del sudeste de Nigeria y el suroeste de Camerún, fue fundada en La Habana en
1836 por los líderes capturados en las aldeas de Río Cruz. El nombre del primer
grupo Abakuá en nuestro país se inspiró en el de un pueblo Efik de la región Río
Cruz, cuyos líderes actuales han expresado su orgullo de saber que sus
antepasados disfrutan del desarrollo de su culto en Cuba."
Èkpé and Abakua with Chief Dr. Ivor Miller, Asukuo Ukpong and Roman Diaz 6/27/2014 N'dibo
Yeve N'go: "In recent radio show here in New York I had the opportunity to
broadcast from the home of Afro Cuban master drummer Mr. Roman Diaz. We sat down
with Chief Dr. Ivor Miller, Asukuo Ukpong, Pan-Africanist, architect and
scholar, to discus the nature and context of select Calabar Highlife and urban
styles of Cuban Son that feature Èkpé and Abakuá themes. Click on the links
below to hear the programs." -- "Tuve la dicha de transmitir dos programas con
ilustres maestros de las sociedades Èkpé y Abakuá, reunidos en casa del maestro
Roman Diaz, para llevar a la luz la raiz y el contexto de temas culturales
dentro del genero Highlife de Calabar y el Son urbano de Cuba. Escuchemos la
influencia del Èkpé y el Abakuá, respectivamente, llevado por custodios de la
cultura como eran Ekpe Ita y Ignacio Piñeiro. Dos generos tan importante en la
cultura popular en ambos lados del atlantico. El Embakara, Dr. Ivor Miller de la
Universidad de Calabar y el señor Asukuo Ukpong del Calabar, junto a el maestro
Roman Diaz, hablaran con mucha profundidad sobre este tema para todos aquellos
que aman esta cultura, llevenadola siempre a los niveles mas altos de la esfera
socio-cultural."
Q&A With Cultural Historian, Author and Senior Lecturer Ivor Miller 6/17/2014 Jazzdelapena: "Q&A
with Ivor Miller, Cultural Historian, Author And Senior Lecturer at the
Department of History and International Studies at the University of Calabar,
Cross River State, Nigeria."
Voice of the
Leopard - Ekpe Songs 3/6/2014 YouTube: A whole series of videos, recorded
in Agoi Ibami, Cross River, Nigeria by Ivor Miller and Alex Jomaron.
Obras de fundación: la sociedad abakuá en los años noventa 10/15/2012 Caminos: publicado
en 1998, de Ivor Miller
Cuban and Cameroon Ékpè in DC 8/27/2012 N'dibo Yeve N'go: "This past
weekend has been an important one for Abakuá and Ékpè members alike. Here are
images and music from all the encounters between Cuban Abakuá Roman Diaz and
Angel Guerrero accompanied by a song they learned from Sisiku Assám Assám . In
just a little while Dr. Ivor Miller will be presenting his talk as Senior Fellow
at the Smithsonian museum. We are very grateful to Dr. Johnnetta Cole and all
the staff at the National Museum of African Art."
Conferencia sobre historia de las culturas de ascendencia Carabalí 10/24/2011 Observatorio
critico desde Cuba: "El profesor norteamericano Ivor Miller es uno de los
investigadores más profundos del tema Abakuá y sus similares de África, con años
de profundos estudios antropológicos de campo en Cuba y en el Continente Negro."
Dr. Ivor Miller On Greenpeace Radio Oct.3rd 2011 10/3/2011 Cuba Calabar
Radio: "Dr. Miller discusses Afro-Cuban culture, Abakuá, Èkpé and the
environmental impact on the forests of Cross River Cultures in Nigeria and
Cameroon. Features Music by Victor Herrera, Arsenio Rodriguez, Enyenison Enkama,
Celia Cruz and music from the archives of distinguished folklorist and author
Lydia Cabrera."
Calabar Radio
Broadcast W/Ene Ita and Chief Dr. Ivor Miller. 8/5/2010 Cuba Calabar
Radio: "Chief Dr. Ivor Miller is a Fulbright scholar in Calabar, researching
Ekpé culture and exploring the links between Ekpé and Abakuá culture from Cuba."
Voice of the
Leopard Companion CD 7/14/2010 Cuba Calabar Radio: "This is a collection of
9 songs cited in Dr. Ivor Millers latest publication The Voice of The Leopard. I
hope you will enjoy this latest stream and continue to grace us with your
comments and feedback. We would really like to hear from all of you."
VOICE OF THE LEOPARD: IVOR MILLER talks to NED SUBLETTE 8/9/2007 Afropop: "The
voice of the leopard is the main symbol of the Ekpe society of the Cross River
region of Nigeria and Cameroon, which was re-created in colonial Cuba as the
Abakuá society. And it’s a symbol in both. Essentially the leopard is a sign of
royalty all over Central West Africa and the Calabar zone, and it’s a symbol of
their political autonomy. Every village in the Cross River region that has Ekpe
has their own way to manifest the voice, which means, “we are independent.”"
VOICE OF THE LEOPARD: IVOR MILLER talks to NED SUBLETTE 6/1/2007 Afropop
Worldwide: "The voice of the leopard is the main symbol of the Ekpe society of
the Cross River region of Nigeria and Cameroon, which was re-created in colonial
Cuba as the Abakuá society. And it’s a symbol in both. Essentially the leopard
is a sign of royalty all over Central West Africa and the Calabar zone, and it’s
a symbol of their political autonomy. Every village in the Cross River region
that has Ekpe has their own way to manifest the voice, which means, “we are
independent.”
Cuban Abakua Chants: Examining New Linguistic and Historical Evidence for the
African Diaspora 4/1/2005 African Studies Review: by Ivor Miller
Obras de fundación: la sociedad abakuá en los años noventa 1/1/1998 Caminos: de
Ivor Miller
 Senior Fellow Dr. Ivor Miller will be giving a presentation on
Monday 27 August at 2:00pm. This talk will be in the National Museum of
African Art’s Lecture hall and will include some special guests! Please
forward this message on to anyone you think may be interested. See below
for a synopsis of the talk:For centuries, the Ékpè ‘leopard’ society of the Cross River region in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon was the supreme institution of governance that also embodied esoteric teachings about the life-cycle. African migrants in colonial Cuba recreated Ékpè in the early 1800s to protect members in a slave society and to gain their freedom. They called it Abakuá, after the Àbàkpà community of Calabar, Nigeria. During this process, Abakuá scribes documented large portions of their cultural history in 19th century manuscripts. Hidden from outsiders until recently, this little-known ‘people’s history’ is being shared with West African cultural leaders who are using it to understand their own pre-colonial traditional institutions and arts. With reference to photographs in the NMAfA collections, Ivor Miller will present key themes of this story with the support of traditional intellectuals as well as musicians and dancers from Cameroon and Cuba. The foci will be on trans-Atlantic cultural identities, symbols of ‘universal motherhood’, and the functions of ‘life-giving’ drums. The role of the Museum as a link between continental Africans and African-descendants in the USA to explore their legacies in the arts will be addressed. Traditional chiefs from Cameroon who live in the Washington D.C. region will participate. See http://ndiboyevengo.blogspot.com/2012/08/senir-smithsonian-fellow-chief-dr-ivor.html for further info at N'dibo Yeve N'go. |
| Ivor Miller, Senior Fellow, Smithsonian
National Museum of African Art presents
After recreating African institutions of governance
in the Caribbean during the colonial era, African descendants also
documented large portions of their cultural history in 19th century
manuscripts. Hidden from outsiders until recently, this little-known
story has been shared with West African cultural leaders who are using
it to understand their own pre-colonial traditional institutions and
arts. With reference to photographs and objects in the NMAfA
collections, Ivor Miller will present key themes of this story with the
support of musicians and dancers from Cameroon and Cuba. The focus will
be the Ekpè ‘leopard’ society of the Cross River region in
southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, and the historically
related Cuban Abakuá society. Traditional chiefs from Cameroon who live
in the Washington DC region will participate.
Time
Monday, November 28 @ 4 p.m.
Place
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Ibiono-Ibom, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, 2011 |
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National Museum, Calabar, Old Residency Gallery December 23, 2010.
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Chief
Dr. Ivor Miller is interviewed on Cross River TV,
4/14/2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSzVRBnSIU
NdiboYeveNgo
— April
14, 2010 — Dr. Miller talks with Mrs Offiong Ani Offiong about
Ekpé traditions preserved in Cuba for over 200 years and the way in which these
traditions have been faithfully preserved by Abakua members from lodges in
Havana and Matanzas. www.crbconline.net
Calabar, Nigeria, Calabar Mgbe honor Ivor Miller, 30/5/2008
[We note that in Calabar the role of women is much stronger than among Abakua in Cuba. The general manager of the CRBC TV station, for example, is a woman as are many members of her staff and her board. -- Andy Petit]
For Miller's send-off from Nigeria, Calabar Mgbe prepared a statement of appreciation, read at the home of its President, Chief, E. E. Imona, in Big Qua Town, Calabar.
Afro-Cuba at the Crossroads: Arts, Culture, History, conference. University of Wisconsin at Madison. Nov 30, 2007
"Cross River Philosophy and Arts in
Cuban Abakua"
Ivor L. Miller, Reseeach Fellow, African
Studies Center, Boston University
The Abakua mutual-aid society of Cuba was created in the 1830s based upon
the Ekpe leopard society of West Africa's Cross River basin; both societies are
organized into a hierarchy of grades, each with a specific function. Abakua
masquerades and drum construction, as well as musical structures, are largely based on Ekpe models. The presentation
offers examples of Cross River
expressive arts in Abakua ritual performance. Discussant - Henry Drewal **To
listen to his radio program on this topic (can be downloaded and listened to --
it is up for a limited time on-line) go to: www.afropop.org/radio/radio_program/ID/686/The%20Voice%20of%20the%20Leopard
| "West African Ekpe and the Cuban Abakua, an historical continuum." With percusionists Roman Díaz and Vicente Sanchez. Sept. 28, Caribbean Cultural Center in Manhattan. Co-presenter, Chief Akanji of Nigeria's Ogboni society. See also Oriki Omi Odara, Roman Diaz' group |
Amherst College, 4/02, 2002 - "New Evidence for the African Diaspora in the Cuban Abakua Society."
| Lecture / performance by Dr. Ivor Miller, Copeland Fellow at Amherst College, accompanied by Omí Odara, a five member performance troupe directed by 'Roman' Díaz. Mr. Díaz is a title holder of the Abakua society, and a member of the sacred bata drum guild, Añá. Omí Odara performed Ireme masquerade dances and related chants, derived from the region of Calabar, Nigeria and recreated in 19th century Cuba, where they are integral to Abakua rites. |
Graduate Center City University of New York, 3/15/2002 - "African Diaspora and the Cuban Abakuá Society."
| Sponsored by the Cuba Project/Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere
Studies, The Graduate Center City University of New York.
"The African Diaspora and the Cuban Abakuá Society" |
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Ivor L. Miller Ph.D, Northwestern
University; M.A., Yale University Publications BOOKS
2009 Voice of the Leopard: African Secret Societies and Cuba. UP of Mississipi 2002 Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City. UP of Mississippi. 1997 Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World: Thoughts on Yorùbá Culture in ARTICLES:
2018 “Aponte’s legacy in Cuban popular culture.” Afro-Hispanic Review. V. 37, n. 2 (Fall). Pp. 121-146. “Interview with Author Oriri E. Oriri on ‘Tradition’ and ‘Modernity’ in a Cross River Community.” Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora. #126. Harvard University, pp. 104-116. “The Relationship Between Early Forms of Literacy in Old Calabar and Inherited Manuscripts of the Cuban Abakuá Society.” Afro-Hispanic Review. V. 35, n. 2 (Fall 2017). Vanderbilt University, pp. 130-165. (reprint of 2017 essay). Pp. 162-196. “The Sacred Language of the Abakuá.” With Patricia González. 20 page sample English translation of Lydia Cabrera’s La lengua sagrada de los Náñigos (1988). Afro-Hispanic Review. V. 35, n. 2 (Fall 2017). Pp. 124-141. “The Ékpè ‘leopard’ society of Africa and Its Cuban Diaspora: A Conversation between Cultural Leaders.” With Angel Guerrero & Mbe Tazi. Afro-Hispanic Review. V. 35, n. 2 (Fall 2017). Pp. 142-161.
"Introduction.” Calabar on the Cross River: Historical and Cultural Studies. Eds. D. Imbua, P. Lovejoy, and I. Miller. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, pp. 11-21. “The Relationship Between Early Forms of Literacy in Old Calabar and Inherited Manuscripts of the Cuban Abakuá Society.” Calabar on the Cross River: Historical and Cultural Studies. Eds. D. Imbua, P. Lovejoy, and I. Miller. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, pp. 177-215. “The future of urban palenques.” Introduction to Regla, a book of photographs by Nicola Lo Calzo on Cuban popular culture. Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Berlin. ISBN: 978-3- 86828-788-2.
“Separated by the
Slave trade: Nigerians and Cubans reunite through a shared cultural
practice” in African Indigenous Religious Traditions in Local
and Global Contexts: Perspectives on Nigeria. A Festschrift in Honour of
Jacob K. Olupona. Ed., David O. Ogungbile. Lagos: Malthouse Press
Ltd. Pps. 363-388.
2012 “Ékpè ‘leopard’ society in Africa and the Americas: Influence and Values of an Ancient Tradition.” With Dr. Mathew Ojong, University of Calabar. Ethnic and Racial Studies. Special Issue on “Secret or Private Organisations, Race & Ethnicity.” U.K. Pps. 1-16. 2011 2009 The genesis of African and Indian cooperation in colonial North America: An Interview with Helen Hornbeck Tanner. Ethnohistory Quarterly. 56.2 (Spring, 2009) American Society for Ethnohistory. 2007 “Cantos Abakuá de Cuba: examen de la nueva evidencia lingüística e histórica de la diáspora africana.”
Catauro: Revista cubana de antropología. Havana: Fundación Fernando Ortiz. Año 8. No. 15. pps. 4-33. Translation of my 2005 African Studies Review essay. 2006 Liner notes to Tambor Lukumí: Andrés Chacón y Iré Iré. Música Afro-Cubana. Three CD set. EarthCDs. 2006. 27 pages. 2005 “Cuban
Abakuá chants: examining new linguistic and historicl evidence for the African Abakuá entry (1000 words). Encyclopedia
of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the
Americas. Colin Palmer, Editor in Chief. Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA. Graffiti entry (2000 words). Encyclopedia
Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States.
Vol. 2. Ilan Stavans, Ed. Grolier Academic. Pp. 266-70. “On Hip-Hop”; “Ògún and Aerosol Art”; “The Trains and Aerosol”; “’Writing’, Not ‘Graffiti’.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 2004 “The
Formation of African Identities in the Americas: Spiritual “Introduction.”
Special Issue. Contours: A Journal
of the African “Notes from the Underground: the Increasing Relevance of Hip Hop” Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire. New York Univ. 6, 1 : 146-154. “El tambor como madre en la sociedad Abakuá.” Madre África: conceptos maternos en escultura tradicional africana. Centro Cultural Conde/ Duque. Madrid, Spain. (April-June) : 12-16. “Introduction.”
A Quatre Mains. CRASH/ H. Di Rosa catalogue. Galerie Speerstra.
Paris, France. Pp. 1-2. 2003 “Jesús Pérez and the transculturation of the Cuban batá drum.” Dialago. n. 7. Center for Latino Research. DePaul University. Spring : 70-74. 2000 “A Secret Society Goes Public: The Relationship Between Abakuá and Cuban Popular Culture.” African Studies Review. vol. 43, no. 1 (April, 2000) pp. 161 - 88. (Mine was the first article published in this journal to use tone markers for West African tonal languages). “Religious Symbolism in Cuban Political Performance.” TDR: A Journal of Performance Studies. Vol. 44, no. 2 (T166) pp. 30 - 55. [PDF, 2.5 MB] “Obras de fundación: la Sociedad Abakuá en los años 90.” Caminos: Revista Cubana de Pensamiento Socioteológico. La Habana: Centro Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nos. 13-14 : 24 - 35. 1996 “We, The Colonized Ones: Peruvian Artist Kukuli Speaks About Her Art and Experience.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 20. 1 : 1 - 25. 1995 "Belief and Power in Contemporary Cuba: The Dialogue Between Santería Practitioners and Revolutionary Leaders.” Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Performance Studies, Northwestern University. Advisor, Margaret T. Drewal. “The Singer As Priestess: Interviews with Two Cuban Artists.”
Sounding Off!: Music as Subversion/ Resistance/Revolution. Eds., Ron
Sakolsky & Fred Wei-han Ho. New York: Autonomedia. 287 - 304.
“Eno Washington: the memoirs of a Mississippi shaman.”
(with Jill Cutler) Race & Class 36. 3 : 21-38. 1994 “Celina González: The “Queen” of the Punto Cubano.” (with Idania Diaz) LUCERO: Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 5 : 9 - 20. “Celina González: Queen of the Punto Cubano.” Trans. Ivor Miller. The Beat 13. 2 : 46 - 47. 1993 “Guerrilla
Artists of New York City.” Race
& Class 35. 1 : 27 - 40. 1992 “No
More Carnivals: Cubans Struggle to Survive Their Economic 1991 “Night
Train: The Power That Man Made.” New
York Folklore 1990 “If
It Hasn't Been One Of Color: an interview with Roy DeCarava.” Callaloo:
Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters.13. 4 : 847
– 857. Video Program - DANCE ON THE WIND Winner of the 1992 Connecticut Film & Video competition. Judge's Special Merit Award, 1993 New England Film & Video Competition Broadcast on Connecticut Public TV. Distributed by Cinema Guild, Inc.
Produced by Marty Frame, Ivor Miller, Jeremy Brecher and Jill Cutler |
Research Fellow
African Studies Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
email: imiller_AT_hampshire.edu
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