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Black Atlantic

Black Atlantic: On the Orixas Route Directed by Barbieri Renato (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 8 minutes
The waters of the Atlantic brought the slaves from Africa to Brazil, their bodies in chains but their souls inexorably tied to mother Africa. This Brazilian- made film takes us to both shores, to show how spiritual life, dance and song came with the captive people and took root in the new soil. Among the many traditions were the language and gods of Yoruba and Jejes from the Republic of Benin. When a group of freed slaves returned to Africa to rediscover their roots they were looked upon as outsiders. They became tradespeople - tailors, accountants and builders- and they actually brought Portuguese culture to Africa. Today, when Brazilians revisit Africa, they teach the Africans the culture that these descendants of slaves keep alive in Brazil. The documentary is a testimony to some of the ironies of the diaspora

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Obie Matthew]. (2020, July 3). Why should you read “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (Episode 1) - The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)" [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/nNXqZgrGg3c

"The Black Atlantic" explores the global experiences that created the African-American people. Beginning a century before the first documented "20-and-odd" slaves who arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, the episode portrays the earliest Africans, slave and free, who arrived on these shores. The transatlantic slave trade soon became a vast empire connecting three continents. Through stories of individuals caught in its web, the episode traces the emergence of plantation slavery in the American South and examines what the late 18th-century era of revolutions - American, French and Haitian - would mean for African Americans and slavery in America. The Full 6 Episode Series can be viewed from this Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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