1. A short, Storied Tale of (Transplanted and Transcribed) Talking Animal/Objects/beings Collection: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL) Contributers: Fox,Patricia (Author) Format: Journal Article Publication Date: Nov 2004 Published: barbados: University of the West Indies Location: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Journal Title: Journal of West Indian Literature Journal Title Details: 12(1/2) : 52-66 Notes: Fox discusses Lydia Cabrera, a novelist and short story writer many consider the mother of Afro-Cuban studies. Examined are her contributions to Cuba's Africanized popular culture, as well as her bridging the cultures of France, Africa and Cuba.;