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    1. Portrayals of Female Power

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Martínez,Elizabeth Coonrod (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Sep/Oct 2007
    Published:
    Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    59(5) : 60-63
    Notes:
    The article reviews several books including The Potbellied Virgin, by Alicia Yáñez Cossío, A Taco Testimony, by Denise Chávez and Dancing to Almendra, by Mayra Montero.;

    2. Puerto Rico's African Roots

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Murphy-Larronde,Suzanne (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Sep/Oct 2007
    Published:
    Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    59(5) : 4-5
    Notes:
    The article focuses on the African words included in Puerto Rico's version of the Spanish language. Prominently inscribed on a first-floor wall of the Museum of Our African Roots in Old San Juan, these words illustrate the pivotal role that African immigrants have played over the last five centuries in the social and cultural development of this onetime Spanish colony in the Greater Antilles. First-floor rooms are dedicated, in part, to African geography and social history and culture;

    3. Diets, Food Supplies and the African Slave Trade in Early Seventeenth-Century Spanish America

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Newson,Linda A. (Author) and Minchin,Susie (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April 2007
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    63(4) : 517-550
    Notes:
    Article on nutrition and food of the Spanish American colonies;

    4. Black Rebels: The Cimarrons of Sixteenth-Century Panama

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pike,Ruth (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Oct 2007
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: The Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    64(2) : 243-267
    Notes:
    Article about the black slaves that managed to escape and attacked Spanish settlements;

    5. On the Importance of Being Honorable: Masculinity, Survival, and Conflict in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, Ceará, 1840s 1890*

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Santos,Martha S. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    July 2007
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    64(1) : 35-58
    Notes:
    Article about honor, masculinity, and conflict in Northeast Brazil;

    6. Rescued From Their Invisibility: The Afro-Puerto Ricans of Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century San Mateo de Cangrejos, Puerto Rico

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Stark,David M. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Apr 2007
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    63(4) : 551-587
    Notes:
    Article explores the national identity of Puerto Rico emphasizing its black roots;

    9. The Revolt of Enriquillo and the Historiography of Early Spanish America

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Altman,Ida (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April 2007
    Published:
    Philadelphia, PA: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    63(4) : 587-615
    Notes:
    Author explores the revolt of Enrique, an Indian chief of the island Hispaniola.;

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