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    3. African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings, and Expressions

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Olupona,Jacob Obafemi Kehinde (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2000
    Published:
    New York: Crossroad
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    476 p, Includes Rudolph Eastman and Maureen Warner Lewis' "Forms of African Spirituality in Trinidad and Tobago," pp. 403-415

    4. Battle dress and fancy dress : an inquiry into the origins of the customs and traditions of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ottley,Irwin (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Irwin Philip Ottley
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    "In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad and Tobago, 31st August 1962-2012.", 140 p.

    5. Black Kings: Aesthetic Representation in Carnival in Trinidad and London

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Alleyne-Dettmers,Patricia Tamara (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall, 2002
    Published:
    Chicago: Center for Black Music Research - Columbia College Chicago
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Black Music Research Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    22(2) : 241-271
    Notes:
    Presents an analysis of different celebratory movements in African-derived Carnivals focusing on Carnival in Trinidad and its relocation to London

    6. Born in Africa, Reared in Trinidad: Calypso

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Slater,Les (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    February-March, 2002
    Published:
    New York: Black Diaspora Communications
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Black Diaspora
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 38-41
    Notes:
    Explored is the history of Calypso music, which though originating in Trinidad, most likely has its roots among the many African cultural retentions that were transported with the ancestors to the west via the slave trade

    7. He had the power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad: a personal memoir

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Henry,Frances (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago: Lexicon
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    132 p., Renowned as a spiritual healer, reputed to have prophetic powers and feared as an ‘Obeahman’, the name ‘Pa Neezer’ was whispered up and down the length of Trinidad for over three decades with a mixture of fear, reverence and awe. In 1956, a young graduate research student was granted unprecedented access to Ebenezer Elliot, beginning a unique relationship that was to end only with the latter’s death in 1969.