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Africanisms in American culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Holloway, Joseph E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1990]
Series:Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:
African Americans.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
United States > Civilization > African influences.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway
  • The origins of African- American culture / Joseph E. Holloway
  • African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante
  • The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira
  • Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel
  • African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall
  • Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon
  • Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture / Robert Farris Thompson
  • Africanisms in African-American music / Portia K. Maultsby
  • Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson
  • The African heritage of white America / John Edward Philips