Folk-lore of the negroes of Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Cundall,Frank (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 1904-03-25
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Folklore
- Journal Title Details:
- 15 (1) : 87-94
- Subject Term:
- Caribbean area, Jamaica, and Folklore
- Notes:
- Consists of papers written in 1896 by black students at Mico College, Jamaica, preparing to become elementary school teachers. They were communicated to Professor York Powell by Mr. Frank Cundall, Secretary and Librarian of the Institute of Jamaica. Their bearing on the transmission of folklore renders them specially worthy of attention. They preserve the beliefs of their West African ancestors, while at the same time adopted many of the most familiar of trivial of English superstitions, and have used their acquaintance with Christianity for magical purpposes.
