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    1. Deidades cubanas de origen africano

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Rivero Glean,Manuel (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Language:
    Spanish
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    La Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba: Casa Editora Abril
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    204 p., Comentado e ilustrado sobre los números y leyendas cubanas afrodescendientes. Sus entradas léxicas muentran deidades, mitos y leyendas, con sus significado, caracterización, así como la impronta africana, europea y cubanas en sus interrelaciones y transculturaciones.

    2. La verdadera historia de Babaluaiyé

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Arce Burguera,Arisel (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Language:
    Spanish and Yoruba
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    La Habana, Cuba: Editorial José Martí
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    112 p.

    4. Reading Erna Brodber: uniting the Black diaspora through folk culture and religion

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Roberts,June E. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2006
    Published:
    Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    275 p., Explores the complicated post-colonial infrastructure of Caribbean society and life as an African American through the work of Erna Brodber. Brodber's novels "Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home," "MYAL," and "Louisiana" all explore various facets of the Caribbean and African American experiences. The author traces nuances of the Caribbean psyche, the importance of matriarchs, traditional slave dances, obeahs, Santeria and other African-based religious expressions, as well as politics and history.