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Author Warner-Lewis, Maureen.

Title Central Africa in the Caribbean : transcending time, transforming cultures / Maureen Warner-Lewis.

Publication Info. Kingston, Jamaica : University of West Indies Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 391 pages) : illustrations, maps, music
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-385) and index.
Contents West Central Africa after European contact -- Experiences of enslavement -- Central Africans as individuals in community -- Economic skills and domestic activity -- Interpersonal relationships : courtesies and rites of passage -- Religious cosmology and praxis -- Christianity and associated religions -- Accessing power : ritual war and masquerade -- Pleasurable leisure : games, dance and music -- Speech culture -- Language legacy -- Conclusion.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Black people -- Caribbean Area -- History.
Black people.
Caribbean Area.
History.
Acculturation -- Caribbean Area -- History.
Acculturation.
Caribbean Area -- Civilization -- African influences.
Civilization.
Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Caribbean Area -- Religious life and customs.
Africa, Central -- Social life and customs.
Central Africa.
Africa, Central -- Religious life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lewis, Maureen Warner. Central Africa in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica : University of West Indies Press, 2003 9789766401184 (OCoLC)51939933
ISBN 9781441656513 (electronic book)
1441656510 (electronic book)
9766401187
9789766401184