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    21. Cultos afrocubanos: La Regla de Ocha, la Regla de Palo Monte

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Barnet,Miguel (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1995
    Published:
    Ciudad de la Habana: Ediciones Unión: Artex
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    138 p, Description and analysis of the two most important religions of African descent in Cuban spiritual life: the first of Yoruban origin; the second of Congo-Bantu origin

    22. Africa in the Americas: Melville J. Herskovits’ folkloristic and anthropological scholarship, 1923-1941

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Baron,Robert (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    1994
    Published:
    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    827 p, Explores how elements of African culture were retained and transformed by New World Blacks creating emergent cultures from multiple sources.

    24. La africanía de la música folklórica de Cuba

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ortiz,Fernando (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Language:
    Spanish
    Publication Date:
    1993
    Published:
    Havana: Letras Cubanas
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    363 p, "A reprint of this extensive study of Afro-Cuban music examines the musical traditions of the African population in Cuba, including rhythmic and melodic features, instrumentation, and vocal characteristics. It must be studied in conjunction with Ortiz's Los bailes y el teatro de los negros en el folklore de Cuba (1993) and Los instrumentos de la música afrocubana (1995), both of which have been reprinted. The three works have also been reprinted in Spain (Madrid: Editorial Música Mundana Maqueda, 1997)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

    25. African creative expressions of the divine

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Davis,Kortright (Editor) and Farajajé-Jones, (Editor)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1991
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Howard University School of Divinity
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    257 p., Includes Jean A. Callender's "African survivals in Caribbean religion : a select bibliography," pp. 199-252.