Abstract
Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity, written by Dorothy E. Mosby
Highlights
1973) centers on cultural reconciliation: “the fact of being black of West Indian descent and Costa Rican, in defiance of La leyenda blanca” (p. 50)
Afro-Realism can be understood as a decolonizing literary device as it relates to “the search for an affirmation of a black identity that rejects identification with the colonizers by identifying with the colonized, and coming to terms with this history and the resulting social dynamics and hierarchies” (p. 14)
Divided in three parts, (“Roots,” “The Middle Passage,” and “The Diaspora,”), A Message from Rosa reflects on the historical experience that connects the African Diaspora in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States
Summary
1973) centers on cultural reconciliation: “the fact of being black of West Indian descent and Costa Rican, in defiance of La leyenda blanca” (p. 50). Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity.
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