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    1. Nagô Grandma and White Papa: Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dantas,Beatriz Góis (Author) and Berg,Stephen (Translator)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    198 p., Compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs.

    2. Reading Erna Brodber: uniting the Black diaspora through folk culture and religion

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Roberts,June E. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2006
    Published:
    Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    275 p., Explores the complicated post-colonial infrastructure of Caribbean society and life as an African American through the work of Erna Brodber. Brodber's novels "Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home," "MYAL," and "Louisiana" all explore various facets of the Caribbean and African American experiences. The author traces nuances of the Caribbean psyche, the importance of matriarchs, traditional slave dances, obeahs, Santeria and other African-based religious expressions, as well as politics and history.