Afrovenezuelan Reflections.
The Drums Of Liberation
Jesús "Chucho" García & Bartolomé Duysens

Indice

Part one: Afrovenezuelan reflections
(by Jesús García)
9
The Trances of slavery
9
Which day of the race?
12
From Saint John The Baptist to Saint John from the Congo
14
The saint John oh La Vega is a miracle-working Saint: San Juan went to the city
17
Identity, mestizaje and globalization
22
Afrovenezuelan Identity between modernity and postmodernity
26
Part two: Who has ever seen a black man like me? Black identity and society in venezuela
(By Bartolomé Dutsens)
35
Introduction
35
Historical background. the Afrovenezuelan genesis
37
The discovery of the blacks in venezuela: the end of invisibility
42
The new leadership and the Afrovenezuelan renaissance
47
Afrovenezuelan music and dance: the drums speak of Africa
53
Afrovenezuelans, the state and globalisation
67
Concluding remarks. Out of Africa
77
Short Bibliography
81

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