Missa Luba, An American Mass Program, and the Transnationalism of Twentieth-Century Black Roman Catholic Liturgical Music

This article explores the movement of Black Catholic liturgical music across the Black Atlantic, examining the creation in the 1950s of the Missa Luba in Belgian-occupied Congo, its subsequent popularity among Black U.S. Catholics, and the ways in which it inspired Roman Catholic priest Clarence Riv...

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Main Author: Harris, Kim R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2021]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Catholic church / Blacks / Missa Luba / Church music / History 1920-2021
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RD Hymnology
Further subjects:B Indigenous tradition
B liturgical music
B Catholicism
B Black
B African American
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)