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Ritual Performance

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Masquerade Traditions from Igboland to the Caribbean (Jonkonnu, Mocko Jumbie)

The transatlantic slave trade not only dispersed millions of Igbo people across the Atlantic world but also carried their cultural, spiritual, and artistic traditions into the Caribbean. Among the most enduring and visually striking of these cultural survivals are masquerade traditions and ritual performances deeply rooted in Igbo cosmology. The book Igbo in the Atlantic…

The Owu Masquerades: Inviting the Water Spirits to Dance

The Owu masquerades occupy a significant place in the cultural and spiritual identity of the Kalabari people of the Eastern Niger Delta. As a water-spirit masquerade tradition, Owu represents the close relationship between the Kalabari and the aquatic world that surrounds their communities. Rooted in centuries of riverine cosmology, Owu masquerades are far more than…