Affirmation identitaire dans une famille Congo de Cambrefort-Moravie (Guadeloupe, Antilles françaises)
In the post-abolitionist - between 1848 and 1861 - thousands of Kongos arrived in Guadeloupe with the status of immigrants to boost sugar production. Despised, they had great difficulty integrating into society Creole and did not at the cost of a move away from their traditions, language, culture an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université des Antilles
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Études Caribéennes |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5795 |
| Summary: | In the post-abolitionist - between 1848 and 1861 - thousands of Kongos arrived in Guadeloupe with the status of immigrants to boost sugar production. Despised, they had great difficulty integrating into society Creole and did not at the cost of a move away from their traditions, language, culture and identity. Massembo family, despite a high social and psychological had preserved and perpetuated cultural traditions Kongos through the ceremony of "cluster has Kongo". Today it is virtually out of the darkness and identity affirmed and recognized. |
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| ISSN: | 1779-0980 1961-859X |