ASHÉ

ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Paul Carter Harrison

Theophus "Thee" Smith. . . THE GLOBALIZATION OF AFRICANA AESTHETICS

Ch 1. Pellom McDaniels. . . . LIKE ECHOS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM: WANGECHI MUTU'S

NEW HORIZONS IN AFRO-COSMOLOGY

Ch 2. Clyde Taylor. . . SALT PEANUTS: SOUND AND SENSE IN AFRICAN/AMERCAN ORAL/MUSICAL CREATIVY

Ch 3. Rowland Abiodun. . . . . . . . . ASHE': THE EMPOWERED WORD MUST COME TO PASS

Ch 4. Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde. . . SEEING AS A RITUAL FOR A GOOD DEATH: THE SPIRITUAL CONSTRUCTION OF ALAIN GOMIS' FILM, TEY

Ch 5. Michael D. Harris. . . . . . . . . . . ERIC WATERS: CAPTURING THE CULTURE IN PHOTOS

Ch 6. Michael McMillan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DUB IN THE FRONT ROOM: MIGRANT AESTHETICS OF

THE SACRED AND SECULAR

Ch 7. Oliver Lee Jackson. . . . . . SENSIBILITY AND THE AFRICAN CONTINUUM

Ch 8. Marta Moreno Vega. . . . . . . . . . I WILL NOT BE ERASED

Ch 9. Paul Carter Harrison. . . . . AESTHETICS OF BEAUTY: IN AN AFRICANA MODE

Ch 10. Michael D. Harris. . . . . . . . . . UNDONE: BOTTLES, TREES, CHARMS, & FLASHING SPIRITS

Ch 11. Gregory Tate. . . . . . . . . . . BEBOP, HIP HOP AND CONDUCTIVITY

Arturo Lindsay. . . . . . . . ASHE AT THE CROSSROADS: Aesthetic Criteria, Glossary of Terms, and Bibliography