عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
TL57986
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
«Le Grand Congrès de l'Esprit Noir»: FESTAC '77, Délégation des États-Unis de Jeff Donaldson et Convocation d'une Reaspora africaine
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Collier, Loren Jonathan
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Tolbert, Emory J.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Howard University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
243 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
Howard University
Text preceding or following the note
2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In 1977, the worldwide African diasporic community looked inward, towards a Pan-African panacea, and sought to reconstruct a unified African diasporic consciousness. After numerous postponements and over a half-decade of deferments on behalf of host country, Nigeria, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture - otherwise referred to as FESTAC '77 - was to be the zenith of cultural expression, political unification, and social kinship amongst the global African Diasporan community. Largely touted and recognized as a month-long showcase and/or trading post of African diasporic culture, the festival's salience was redoubled by the centerpiece colloquium on Black Civilization and Education. FESTAC stands as a purposeful manifestation of Pan-African ideology and worldview - one that places cultural expression, politics and intellection within the same orbit of critical gravitas. The FESTAC "U.S. and Canada" (or "North American Zone") delegation may prove to be particularly prescriptive due to its precarious, liminal status as both, a non-state faction, and as a representational diasporic community - one of significant influence. Leading the US delegation was Jeff Donaldson - the co-founder of OBAC (Organization of Black American Culture), co-founder the AfriCOBRA art collective, ardent exponent of Chicago's Black Arts Movement community, and then chairman of Howard University's Art Department. As such, against the backdrop of a nucleating, grassroots-oriented, intellectually-adroit Black Power/Arts Movement, Howard University and Washington, DC became a critical hub of Black sociopoliticultural activity. This research study seeks to register the involvement of the Chicago's Black Arts Movement scene, Jeff Donaldson, the Howard University community, and the entire Black cultural art community in the representation of Black American culture and in addressing the exigencies of the African diasporic world at FESTAC '77. The Great Congress of Black Spirit necessarily explores the artists, ideologies, and intellectuals as well as the issues, interests, and intentions of the US delegation leading up to, and during the global event.
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
African American studies
Subject Term
American history
Subject Term
Art history
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Collier, Loren Jonathan
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Tolbert, Emory J.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Howard University
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