Verger,Pierre (Author), Neto,Mário Cravo (Author), Metzner,Manfred (Editor), and Thoss,Michael (Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
German
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Heidelberg: Wunderhorn
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
On the occasion of the exhibition "Black Gods in Exile [Schwarze Götter im Exil] photographs by Pierre Verger and Mario Cravo Neto Fatumbi." Ethnological Museum, Berlin - Dahlem , 2 September to 7 November 2004., 351 p., Traditions in Brazilian Candomblé, Haitian voodoo and Cuban Santeria, the collective memory of the African-American population, are portrayed in the photographs of French ethnologist and photographer Pierre Verger.
Crocoll,Sophie (Author) and Steiner,Susan (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Language:
German
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Hamburg, Germany: Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde (IIK), GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies/Leibniz-Institut fur Globale und Regionale Studien
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Analyzes the growing problem of poverty and international efforts during various financial crises in Latin America and the Caribbean regions. The authors focus primarily on Honduras, Mexico and Argentina, examining each nations separate crises over two decades through data collected by the United Nations (UNDP) and Comision Economica para America Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
Hamburg, Germany: Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde (IIK), GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies/Leibniz-Institut fur Globale und Regionale Studien
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have quickly recovered from the global financial crisis. With growth rates exceeding 6 percent from the previous year in 2010, the economies outpaced the OECD, which grew only by 2.3 percent. The growth prospects for the region are further analyzed.