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Africanisms in American culture /

Africanisms in American culture / edited by Joseph E. Holloway. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1990. - xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Blacks in the diaspora .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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African Americans--History.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African diaspora.


United States--Civilization--African influences.

E185 / .A26 1990

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