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Dexter Gabriel was born in New York City in 1971, but spent most of his early years living in his parents' original home of Trinidad and Tobago. [1] [2] At age eight, he returned to the United States and lived in Staten Island and Brooklyn before moving to Houston, when he was 12.
Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times: P. Djeli Clark: Set in an alternate historical world of Macon, Georgia in 1922, the story is told from the perspective of Maryse Boudreaux. At this time, Prohibition is occurring and the town of Macon is known for having Ku Klux Klan marches with many white men, women, and children.
A shout, ring shout, Hallelujah march or victory march is a Christian religious practice in which worshipers move in a circle while praying and clapping their hands, sometimes shuffling and stomping their feet as well. [1] Despite the name, shouting aloud is not an essential part of the ritual march, which varies by congregation and locality.
The cakewalk was influenced by the ring shout, which survived from the 18th into the 20th century. [5] This dance style was often part of African American slaves' religious ceremonies and involved shuffling the feet counterclockwise in a circle (ring) formation and reciting spirituals in a call-and-response format with others outside of the ring.
Smithsonian Folkways released recordings of their performances in 1984 on Slave Shout Songs from the Coast of Georgia, and again in 2017 on Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast. [3] [4] Founding member Lawrence McKiver (born April 1915) died in 2013. He is credited as a major factor in maintaining the ring shout tradition's continuity.
Shout, a household cleaning product produced by S. C. Johnson; Shout, or ring shout, a religious dance originating among African slaves in the Americas; Shouting (computing), using all caps on social media, which is considered rude; Shout, a term for a sea rescue mission by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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