African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983., 375 p, Probes deeply into the multicultural origins of Caribbean society, defining and tracing the evolution of the distinctive ideology that has arisen from the region’s unique historical mixture of peoples and beliefs. Covers the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century beginnings of Caribbean thought, pro- and antislavery ideologies, the growth of Antillean nationalist and anticolonialist thought during the nineteenth century, and the development of the region’s characteristic secret religious cults from imported religions and European thought.
Birbalsingh discusses Indo-Caribbean culture, and the origins and influences of Indo-Caribbean short stories, beginning with the marriage of Indian and African oral traditions. Several authors from throughout Indo-CAribbean literature are profiled, including A. R. F. Webber, V. S. Naipaul, and Samuel Selvon.;
Provides information on the Tobago Heritage Festival in Tobago. Highlights of the event; Idea of the festival; Series of events showcased in the festival; Views of Rawle Titus, chairman of the Heritage Festival Committee, on the purpose of the celebration.;
