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Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora

by Kevin Dawson

Long before the rise of New World slavery, West Africans were adept swimmers, divers, canoe makers, and canoeists. They lived along riverbanks, near lakes, or close to the ocean. In those waterways, they became proficient in diverse maritime skills, while incorporating water and aquatics into spiritual understandings of the world. Transported to the Americas

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Publication date

2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

351

ISBN

9780812249897