African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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251 p., Chapters: African and Afro-Cuban factors in the structure of Lydia Cabrera's black short stories -- The characters : gods, animals, humans, supernatural beings and objects -- The theme of the waters.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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209 p., Explores the limits and prospects of Afro-Caribbean Francophone writers in reshaping or producing action-oriented literature. Part One explores the origins of Afro-Caribbean Francophone literature and what the author terms griotism-- a shared heritage of awareness of biological differences, a sense of the black hero as black messiah and black people as chosen, and the promise of a common racial history.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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216 p., Discusses the literary representations of Afro-descendants in mid- to late-19th century Cuba and Brazil, and how these representations impacted the development of the national narratives and mapped out the future social terrain for blacks and whites in both countries.