Nanette De Jong
Biographic Data
| ID | 150881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nanette De Jong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nanette |
| FAMILY NAME | De Jong |
| SIGNATURE | DE JONG N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0650-4459 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
The diverse musics of the Caribbean form a vital part of the identity of individual island nations and their diasporic communities. At the same time, they witness to collective continuities and the interrelatedness that underlies the region's multi-layered complexity. This Companion introduces familiar and less familiar music practices from different nations, from reggae, calypso and salsa to tambú, méringue and soca. Its multidisciplinary, thema…
Investigating the Caribbean’s African Past
This chapter introduces kokomakaku, a stickfight ritual from the Dutch island of Curaçao. Documenting its evolution and development, the chapter shows how music can be used to reconstruct a possible historical, social and cultural timeline of an island. Kokomakaku embodies the cultural encounters and conflicts that mark Curaçao’s past and present, its development, likewise, representing localised struggles for status and self-definition.
Witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence in AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe, Eastern Cape
This article explores witchcraft-related violence against elderly women in the AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The potential causes that have promoted such violence form the central subject of the study. The study includes a research design that combines questionnaires, focus groups and follow-on interviews. The findings have revealed a prevalence of witchcraft beliefs in the region and have pointed to elderly women…
Maskanda, Umkhosi wokukhahlela and the Articulation of Identity in South Africa
Umkhosi wokukhahlela is an annual ceremony in the KwaBhaca Great Kingdom (Eastern Cape, South Africa) that celebrates virginity among young women and girls. Not regularly practiced for decades, it has recently made a comeback, having been strategically adopted by King Madzikane II as a tool of empowerment in the fight against the HIV pandemic, the rise in teen pregnancies, rape and school dropouts, as well as the abuse of women in general. This a…
Introduction
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Displays of Masculinity and Rituals of Display
Since the end of apartheid, Johannesburg's city centre has become home to a large number of Congolese men who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (RC) for socio-political or economic reasons. Although many may have arrived with hopes to integrate, xenophobia has made that goal near impossible. Rather than accept acts of marginalisation, however, many of these men have responded with boasts that Congolese culture …
The Music of the Netherlands Antilles
The Trope of Flattening and the Complexities of Difference
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal includes scholarship on the work of visual artists, commentary on current issues in Caribbean studies and travelogues. Anthurium remains committed to bridging the digital divide by making peer reviewed, scholarly articles and creative writing available to teachers, students, scholars and persons interested in Caribbean literature and culture worldwide without fee based subscriptions. We would like to thank t…
The Tambú of Curaçao
Tuma boka i hende Tambu [Tambu takes the mouth of the people] Afro-Curacaoan parable Tambu is an African-inspired music and dance ritual that developed during slavery on the island of Curacao (largest of the Netherlands Antilles). (1) As a defined space for Afro-Curacaoan activity, Tambu has interconnected different cultural and ethnic groups, establishing varying senses of individual and collective belonging. Yet Tambu is not a melting pot of as…
The (Cuban) Voice of the (Curaçaoan) People
At the turn of the 20th century, Afro-Curaçaoans developed an affinity for Cuban culture that influenced the manner to which they came to define their own collective memory. Cuba was raised to mythological status, appropriated and adapted to fit Curaçaoan daily life, enabling a new and inventive sense of belonging. This essay speaks to the intricacies involved in memory-making, with the Cuban-inspired memory of memories on Curaçao introduced as a…
Tambú
Forgotten histories and (mis)remembered cultures
Through a collective process of forgetting and (mis)remembering, a community's past assumes mythological status, manipulated through a perceived remembrance that addresses present and future needs. This paper explores how systems of forgetting and (mis)remembering exert profound influence upon the collective memory and identity of the individuals in a society, with an examination of the Afro‐Curaçaoan community offered as a compelling example. I …
An Anatomy of Creolization
The Antillean waltz denotes a genre enjoyed among the islanders of the Netherlands Antilles. While persons from Aruba and Bonaire share nominal claim, the Antillean waltz is most popular on the island where it originated—Curaçao. Today some Curaçaoan elitists, in the island's few concert halls, which they control, present refined renditions of the Antillean waltz, usually solo piano, in costly concerts whose audiences draw mostly from middle to h…
Displays of Masculinity and Rituals of Display
Since the end of apartheid, Johannesburg's city centre has become home to a large number of Congolese men who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (RC) for socio-political or economic reasons. Although many may have arrived with hopes to integrate, xenophobia has made that goal near impossible. Rather than accept acts of marginalisation, however, many of these men have responded with boasts that Congolese culture …
Tambú
An Anatomy of Creolization
The Antillean waltz denotes a genre enjoyed among the islanders of the Netherlands Antilles. While persons from Aruba and Bonaire share nominal claim, the Antillean waltz is most popular on the island where it originated—Curaçao. Today some Curaçaoan elitists, in the island's few concert halls, which they control, present refined renditions of the Antillean waltz, usually solo piano, in costly concerts whose audiences draw mostly from middle to h…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Tambú of Curaçao
Tuma boka i hende Tambu [Tambu takes the mouth of the people] Afro-Curacaoan parable Tambu is an African-inspired music and dance ritual that developed during slavery on the island of Curacao (largest of the Netherlands Antilles). (1) As a defined space for Afro-Curacaoan activity, Tambu has interconnected different cultural and ethnic groups, establishing varying senses of individual and collective belonging. Yet Tambu is not a melting pot of as…
Forgotten histories and (mis)remembered cultures
Through a collective process of forgetting and (mis)remembering, a community's past assumes mythological status, manipulated through a perceived remembrance that addresses present and future needs. This paper explores how systems of forgetting and (mis)remembering exert profound influence upon the collective memory and identity of the individuals in a society, with an examination of the Afro‐Curaçaoan community offered as a compelling example. I …
An Anatomy of Creolization
The Antillean waltz denotes a genre enjoyed among the islanders of the Netherlands Antilles. While persons from Aruba and Bonaire share nominal claim, the Antillean waltz is most popular on the island where it originated—Curaçao. Today some Curaçaoan elitists, in the island's few concert halls, which they control, present refined renditions of the Antillean waltz, usually solo piano, in costly concerts whose audiences draw mostly from middle to h…
Tambú
The (Cuban) Voice of the (Curaçaoan) People
At the turn of the 20th century, Afro-Curaçaoans developed an affinity for Cuban culture that influenced the manner to which they came to define their own collective memory. Cuba was raised to mythological status, appropriated and adapted to fit Curaçaoan daily life, enabling a new and inventive sense of belonging. This essay speaks to the intricacies involved in memory-making, with the Cuban-inspired memory of memories on Curaçao introduced as a…
The Tambú of Curaçao
Tuma boka i hende Tambu [Tambu takes the mouth of the people] Afro-Curacaoan parable Tambu is an African-inspired music and dance ritual that developed during slavery on the island of Curacao (largest of the Netherlands Antilles). (1) As a defined space for Afro-Curacaoan activity, Tambu has interconnected different cultural and ethnic groups, establishing varying senses of individual and collective belonging. Yet Tambu is not a melting pot of as…
The Trope of Flattening and the Complexities of Difference
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal includes scholarship on the work of visual artists, commentary on current issues in Caribbean studies and travelogues. Anthurium remains committed to bridging the digital divide by making peer reviewed, scholarly articles and creative writing available to teachers, students, scholars and persons interested in Caribbean literature and culture worldwide without fee based subscriptions. We would like to thank t…
The Music of the Netherlands Antilles
Displays of Masculinity and Rituals of Display
Since the end of apartheid, Johannesburg's city centre has become home to a large number of Congolese men who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (RC) for socio-political or economic reasons. Although many may have arrived with hopes to integrate, xenophobia has made that goal near impossible. Rather than accept acts of marginalisation, however, many of these men have responded with boasts that Congolese culture …
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Maskanda, Umkhosi wokukhahlela and the Articulation of Identity in South Africa
Umkhosi wokukhahlela is an annual ceremony in the KwaBhaca Great Kingdom (Eastern Cape, South Africa) that celebrates virginity among young women and girls. Not regularly practiced for decades, it has recently made a comeback, having been strategically adopted by King Madzikane II as a tool of empowerment in the fight against the HIV pandemic, the rise in teen pregnancies, rape and school dropouts, as well as the abuse of women in general. This a…
The Cambridge Companion to Caribbean Music
The diverse musics of the Caribbean form a vital part of the identity of individual island nations and their diasporic communities. At the same time, they witness to collective continuities and the interrelatedness that underlies the region's multi-layered complexity. This Companion introduces familiar and less familiar music practices from different nations, from reggae, calypso and salsa to tambú, méringue and soca. Its multidisciplinary, thema…
Investigating the Caribbean’s African Past
This chapter introduces kokomakaku, a stickfight ritual from the Dutch island of Curaçao. Documenting its evolution and development, the chapter shows how music can be used to reconstruct a possible historical, social and cultural timeline of an island. Kokomakaku embodies the cultural encounters and conflicts that mark Curaçao’s past and present, its development, likewise, representing localised struggles for status and self-definition.
Witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence in AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe, Eastern Cape
This article explores witchcraft-related violence against elderly women in the AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The potential causes that have promoted such violence form the central subject of the study. The study includes a research design that combines questionnaires, focus groups and follow-on interviews. The findings have revealed a prevalence of witchcraft beliefs in the region and have pointed to elderly women…
Art (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Cuban History and Society (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works)