Date of Award
Summer 8-7-2024
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African-American Studies
First Advisor
Akinyele Umoja
Second Advisor
Makungu Akinyela
Third Advisor
Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie
Abstract
This research seeks to explore the effects that the intersection between Black Nationalism, and Afrikan Spiritual practices had on Afrikan American people in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Particularly, this research will investigate the lives of members of The East organization, a Black Nationalist Organization in Brooklyn, New York founded in 1969, and who later became part of the Yoruba Lukumi religion. Yoruba Lukumi is an Afro-Cuban religious tradition whose roots in Afrikan American communities begin in the late 1950s. Through semi-constructed interviews, this research will identify the historical factors of the religious and nationalistic paths of the development of the Lukumi tradition in The East organizational community, and how the outcomes have affected their families and members over the past fifty years. The methodological questions underpinning this study are: 1. How did the Yoruba Lukumi religion come to The East organization, and 2. What impact has the religion had on the community over the past fifty years?
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/37442287
Recommended Citation
Watson, Kemba, "The Struggle for Afrikan Liberation within an Afrikan Religious Community." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/37442287
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