Matatu - Journal for African Culture and Society

Preliminary Note
pp. xi-xi(1)

The Sociocultural and Linguistic Profile of a Concept
pp. xv-xxxvi(1)
Author: Fleischmann, Ulrich

Two Aspects of Creole in Literary Expression
pp. xxxvii-i(1)
Author: Collier, Gordon

Creolization in Haiti and National Identity
pp. 3-16(14)
Author: Hoffmann, Leon-francois

Creolization and Nation-Building in the Hispanic Caribbean
pp. 17-28(12)
Author: Benitez-Rojo, Antonio

The Role of Africa in the Construction of Identities in the Caribbean
pp. 29-42(14)
Author: Alleyne, Mervyn C.

The Linguistic Geography of 'criollo' in Spanish America: A Case of Enigmatic Extension and Restriction
pp. 45-65(21)
Author: Schwegler, Armin

Language and Identity in a Contact Situation: The Limonese Creole Speakers in Costa Rica
pp. 67-83(17)
Author: Herzfeld, Anita

On the Perception of 'Creole' Language and Identity in the Netherlands Antilles
pp. 85-108(24)
Author: Eckkrammer, Eva Martha

Encroachment of Creole Culture on the Written and Oral Discourses of Hispaniola
pp. 109-135(27)
Author: Rodriguez, Emilio Jorge

African Fundamentalism in the New World: The Case of the Haitian Mandingo
pp. 137-150(14)
Authors: Fleischmann, Ulrich; Tessoneau, Alex-Louise

Creole Identity through Chinese Wall: Affinities between Papiamento and Chinese
pp. 151-165(15)
Author: Martinus, Frank

Euro-Creole Afro-Creole Meso-Creole: Creolization and Ethnic Identity in West-Central Jamaica
pp. 169-188(20)
Author: Besson, Jean

The Afro-Nicaraguans (Creoles): A Historico-Anthropological Approach to their National Identity
pp. 189-198(10)
Authors: Beltrán Núñez, Marián

Haiti: The Creole Heritage Today
pp. 199-212(14)
Author: Hilaire, Jeannot

The Presence of Vodou in New York City: The Impact of a Caribbean Religion on the Creolization of a Metropolis
pp. 213-234(22)
Author: Schmidt, Bettina E.

Creolization as a Poetics of Culture: Édouard Glissant's 'Archipelic' Thinking
pp. 237-259(23)
Author: Schwieger Hiepko, Andrea

Technology-Based Orality: A Force for Social Change in the Caribbean
pp. 261-276(16)
Author: Rumpf, Helmtrud

Against Monolingualism: Roots, Rhizomes and the Conceptualization of Creole Language
pp. 277-285(9)
Author: Hofmann, Sabine

Anxious Insularity: Identity Politics and Creolization in the Caribbean
pp. 287-299(13)
Author: Dash, J Michael

Maryse Condé on Créolité
pp. 301-320(20)
Author: Gyssels, Kathleen

Watramama/Mami Wata: Three Centuries of Creolization of a Water Spirit in West Africa, Suriname and Europe
pp. 323-337(15)
Author: Van Stipriaan, Alex

Creolizing Anancy: Signifyin(g) Processes in New World Spider Tales
pp. 339-363(25)
Author: De Souza, Pascale

Women Versions of Creole Identity in Caribbean Fiction: A Cultural-Anthropological Perspective
pp. 367-374(8)
Author: Schomburg-Scherff, Sylvia M.

Imaginary City, Literary Spaces: Port-au-Prince in Some Recent Haitian Fiction
pp. 375-397(23)
Authors: N'Zengou-Tayo, Marie-José

Creole tori, the Waterkant and the Ethics of a Nation: Cynthia McLeod and Astrid Roemer on Suriname
pp. 398-415(18)
Author: Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke

Guido Llinás' 'Black Paintings': Afro-Cuban Aesthetics and Abstraction
pp. 416-428(13)
Author: Singler, Christoph

Creolization in Robert Antoni's Blessed is the Fruit: A Linguistic Analysis
pp. 433-441(9)
Authors: Ledent, Bénédicte

Spaceship Creole: Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian-Caribbean Fabulist Fiction, and Linguistic/Cultural Syncretism
pp. 442-455(14)
Author: Collier, Gordon

Closing Discussion
pp. 459-477(19)

Culture at the Crossroads: Voodoo Aesthetics and the Axis of Blackness in Literature of the Black Diaspora
pp. 481-513(33)
Author: Compton, Wayde

Gender Concerns in Calixthe Beyala's The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me
pp. 515-537(23)
Author: Asaah, Augustine H.

Notes on Contributors
pp. 539-546(8)