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Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway.

Holloway, Joseph E. (Added Author).
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  • 1 copy at The Center Library.

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  • ISBN: 0253206863 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Midland book ed.
  • Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1991.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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
Subject: African Americans > Social life and customs.
African Americans.
United States > Civilization > African influences.

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