Sökning: "African slave trade"

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  1. 1. Coming to Voice Through Capoeira : Uncovering Ancestrality and Embodiments of the African Diaspora

    Master-uppsats,

    Författare :Ana Da Conceição Paz; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Capoeira; Radical Openness; African diaspora; Embodiments; Ancestral; Resistance;

    Sammanfattning : Capoeira is an African diasporic art form that developed in Brazil during the transatlantic slave trade. This research explores the history of Capoeira and its contemporary engagement through an autoethnographic method. It follows the first-hand experience of being a black female researcher and a Capoeirista both in Europe and Brazil. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. LÄS MER

  4. 3. När statskassan väger tyngre än människovärdet – Det svenska deltagandet i den transatlantiska slavhandeln från slutet på 1700-talet till mitten på 1800-talet

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Författare :Fatma Chahrour; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Legal history; Slave trade; Slavery; Transatlantic slave trade; Sweden; S:t Barthélemy; Rättshistoria; Slavhandel; Slaveri; Transatlantiska slavhandeln; Sverige; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aims to examine and analyze the discussions of the Swedish participation in the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the 18th century and the debate concerning the abolishment of the Swedish slave trade and slavery in the middle of the 19th century. To examine this topic, a legal historical method with an analytical element will be used. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Crossing the River : An Example of Black Politics of Resistance

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Anders Wåke; [2021]
    Nyckelord :African diaspora; hybridity; unhomeliness; postcolonial; slavery; colonial discourse.;

    Sammanfattning : Caryl Phillis’s novel Crossing the River tells a story of the African diaspora caused by the slave trade. The novel not only depicts the physical aspect of diasporic life, but also sheds light on the cognitive aspects. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The African Presence and Limits of Double Consciousness in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River

    M1-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Tanya Odenyo; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Double consciousness; representation; African diaspora; identity;

    Sammanfattning : Set against the backdrop of the Transatlantic slave trade, Caryl Phillips’s Crossing the River can be read as a novel which explores severed family ties and the intertwined relationship between the dominant and the subdued within the African diaspora. Questions concerning “race”, identity and representation can be traced in all the narratives and are also the focus of this essay. LÄS MER