Central Africa in the Caribbean : transcending time, transforming cultures

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Maureen Warner.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Barbados : University of the West Indies Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Blacks > Caribbean Area > History.
Acculturation > Caribbean Area > History.
Caribbean Area > Civilization > African influences.
Caribbean Area > Social life and customs.
Caribbean Area > Religious life and customs.
Africa, Central > Social life and customs.
Africa, Central > Religious life and customs.
Table of 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.

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