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Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Thompson,Krista A. (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilm
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
109 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Dorsinville,Roger (Author), Dorsinville,Max (Author), and Dorsinville,Max (Editor)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Lewiston, ME: E. Mellen Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
312 p, Memoirs excerpted from Marche Arriere, v. 2, originally published: Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Editions des Antilles, 1990
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Turtis,Richard Lee (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Washington, D.C.: Board of Editors of the Hispanic American Review
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Hispanic American Historical Review
Journal Title Details:
82 : 1 microfiche
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
D'Amorim,Eduardo (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Alagoas: UFAL
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
96 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
James,Cynthia (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
November, 2009
Published:
Baltimore, MD
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Sankofa: a journal of African children's and young adult literature
Journal Title Details:
8: 46-54
Notes:
Explores Caribbean oral tradition in youth literature. Amerindian and African influences are discussed alongside representation of oral culture in Jamaican texts. Also explains the connection between African-Amerindian oral tradition in Guyanese stories.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Szwed,John F. (Author), Roger D.,Abrahams (Author), and Baron,Robert (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
2 vols
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Price-Mars,Jean (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Montréal: Mémoire d'encrier
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
519 p., A collection of essays intended to “restore to the Haitian people the dignity of their folklore.”
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Puleo,Augustus C. (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Fall, 1997
Published:
Washington, DC: Afro-Hispanic Institute
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Afro-Hispanic Review
Journal Title Details:
15(2) : 21-25
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Barrow,Christine (Author) and Donawa,Wendy (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
52 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Bennett,Louise (Author) and Morris,Mervyn (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
171 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Feldman,Heidi Carolyn (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
306 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Beckwith,Martha Warren (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1929
Published:
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
243 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Salkey,Andrew (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1967
Published:
London: Evans Brothers Limited
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
127 p, Contents: Two people lived in me / C.L.R. James -- As time goes by / Samuel Selvon -- Sandra Street / Michael Anthony -- Bitter choice / Clifford Sealy -- Preacher / George Lamming -- Cricket / Edward Brathwaite -- Reckoning / Jan Carew -- Tacama / Edgar Mittelholzer -- Hurricane / John Hearne -- Visitor / H. Orlando Patterson -- New boy / V.S. Reid -- Death / Mervyn Morris -- House in another country / Neville Dawes.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Yemonja,Beata de (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Rio de Janeiro: Pallas
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
122 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Cabrera,Lydia (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1972
Published:
Madrid: Ramos
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
174 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Garcia,Juan (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
230 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Martinez Fure,Rogelio (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Arte y Literatura
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
283 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Clarke,Shashememe (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
Philadelphia, PA: s.n
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
B. Ma: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review
Journal Title Details:
6(1) : 91-108
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Moschetto,Pedrp (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
218 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Sosa,Enrique (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
259 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Balbuena Gutierrez,Barbara (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
La Habana, Cuba: Pueblo y Educacion
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
84 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Machado,Angela (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Salvador: IRDEB
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1 videocassette
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Proschan,Frank (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
79 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Ramsawack,Al (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
Trinidad and Tobago: LYREHC Productions
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
24 P.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Dance,Daryl Cumber (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
229 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Nicholls,David (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
357 p.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Carew,Jan R. (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
March, 1977
Published:
Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Caribbean Quarterly
Journal Title Details:
23(1) : 7-21
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Bellegarde,Dantes (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
1936
Published:
Rio Piedras, P.R.: University of Puerto Rico
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
University of Puerto Rico Bulletin
Journal Title Details:
7 : p. 1-57
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Dash,J. Michael (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
New York: St. Martin’s Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
182 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Trouillot,Michel-Rolph (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
New York: Monthly Review Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
282 p.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Calixte,Demosthenes Petrus (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
New York: Negro Universities Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
125 p.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Valdman,Albert (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University, Creole Institute
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
1 & 2
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
London,Norrel (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2003.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Comparative Education Review
Journal Title Details:
47(3) : 287-320
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Sherlock,Philip M. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1969.
Published:
New York.: Crowell.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
97 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Funk,Ray (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Fall, 2005
Published:
Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal
Journal Title Details:
3(2)
Notes:
"Focuses on certain calypsos in the decades leading up to Trinidad’s independence in 1962 in which the calypsonian’s sense of his own freedom is manifested in calypsos that focus on the larger struggle for freedom and autonomy for his society. In these calypsos, there is a subversion of the status quo, a move from a respectful deference to colonial rule to a new postcolonial consciousness. These calypsos focus on changing attitudes toward the British Royal Family, a growing allegiance to a homeland other than Mother England and the major events during the Fifties as plans for a West Indian Federation develop and collapse." (author)
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Petrovich,Carlos (Author) and Machado,Vanda (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Salvador: UFBA
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
119 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Tanna,Laura (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica.: Institute of Jamaica Publications.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
143 P.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Jekyll,Walter (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1966.
Published:
New York.: Dover Publications.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
288 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Joseph,Lynn (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
New York.: Clarion Books.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
32 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Rice-Maximin,Micheline (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
New York: P. Lang
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
197 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Laroche,Maximilien (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
Sainte-Foy, Québec: GRELCA
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1 microfiche
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Gyssels,Kathleen (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
Bruxelles: Academie Royale des Sciences d'outre-mer
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
66 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Balouch,Kristen (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
New York: Viking
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Audio CD
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Ortiz,Fernando (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
78 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
1972.
Published:
Port-of-Spain.: National Cultural Council of Trinidad and Tobago.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 79
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Ortiz Oderigo,Nestor (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1976
Published:
Buenos Aires: Plus Ultra
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
237 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Wolkstein,Diane (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
New York: Knopf
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
212 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Bolívar,Natalia A. (Author) and González,Carmen (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
San Juan, P.R.: Plaza Mayor
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
199p, An investigation of African influences in Cuba; also a cookbook
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Arnold,A. James (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
291 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Carámbula,Rubén (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
1952
Published:
[Buenos Aires?]: Editorial Folklórica Americana
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
246 p.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Balch,Emily Greene (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
New York: Negro Universities Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
186 p.
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Lachatañeré,Rómulo (Author) and Paravisini-Gebert,Lizabeth (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
91 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Anderson,T. J. III (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
Cairo, Egypt: Dept. of English and Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics
Journal Title Details:
13 : 83
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Souza, Marina de Mello e (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Belo Horizonte: UFMG
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
387 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Parmasad,Kenneth Vidia (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
Charlieville, Trinidad and Tobago: Sankh Productions
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
133 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Conde,Maryse (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Fall, 1996
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire
Journal Title Details:
1(1) : 138-163
Notes:
A folktale told by the islanders of Guadeloupe and Martinique is relayed and discussed as having all the makings of a myth of origin
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Munroe,Kesa Mizelle (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilm
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
107 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Renda,Mary A. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
414 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Pettinger,Alasdair (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
Scotland: White Horse Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Studies in Travel Writing
Journal Title Details:
1 : 141-69
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Joseph,Lynn (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1994.
Published:
New York.: Clarion Books.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
63 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Dutton,Wendy (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
New York: Raven Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
Journal Title Details:
13 : p. 131-52
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Schmidt,Hans R., Jr. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1971
Published:
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
303 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Laguerre,Michael S. (Author), Whitten,Norman E., Jr. (Editor), and Torres,Arlene (Editor)
Format:
Book, Section
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
2 Eastern South America and the Caribbean
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Relouzat,Raymond (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Martinique: Ibis rouge editions
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
228 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
DeCosta,Miriam (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
March, 1977
Published:
Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Caribbean Quarterly
Journal Title Details:
23(1) : 22-30
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Almeida,Renato (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1971
Published:
Rio de Janeiro: Agir, INL
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
161 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Metraux,Alfred (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1959
Published:
New York: Oxford University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
400 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Sherlock,Philip M. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1966.
Published:
London.: Oxford University Press.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
151 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Ramsey,Kate (Author)
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
New York: MARHO
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:
Radical History Review
Journal Title Details:
84 : 7-42
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Feraudy Espino,Heriberto (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
La Habana, Cuba: Editora Politica
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
241 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Weiss,Jaqueline Shachter (Author) and Arrowood,Clinton (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House Publishers
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
65 p
Collection:
Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:
Hemenway,Robert E. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
Urbana: University of Illinois Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
371 p, Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tradition. Includes chapter "Voodoo gods and biblical men."