Rediasporization African-Guyanese Kweh-Kweh

Gillian Richards-Greaves, "Rediasporization: African-Guyanese Kweh-Kweh"
English | ISBN: 1496831160 | 2020 | 226 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Rediasporization: African-Guyanese Kweh-Kweh examines how African-Guyanese in New York City participate in the Come to My Kwe-Kwe ritual to facilitate rediasporization, that is, the creation of a newer diaspora from an existing one. Since the fall of 2005, African-Guyanese in New York City have celebrated Come to My Kwe-Kwe (more recently called Kwe-Kwe Night) on the Friday evening before Labor Day. Come to My Kwe-Kwe is a reenactment of a uniquely African-Guyanese pre-wedding ritual called