Investigates the Islamic heritage of the Maroon societies in Jamaica and the Islamic nature of the Baptist Rebellion which brought an end to slavery in Jamaica and in the British West Indies. The Maroons are the enslaved Muslims who took flight or ran away from plantations in Jamaica. An overview of the African diaspora in the Americas, including Jamaica and the West Indies is presented. The strong Islamic faith of the Maroons are manifested in their use of Qur'anic terms, Islamic salutation, Islamic governance, Muslim names and Islamic actions.
Special journal issue: Papers in Honour of Merrick Posnansky., Archaeological and ethnological evidence from the site of Efutu in Ghana is used to indicate the African cultural background of people imported into the Caribbean for enslavement in historical times.
10 vols., Includes Silvia W. de Groot's "Maroons of surinam: problems of integration into colonial labour systems," vol. 1, pp. 331-340; Charles J. M. R. Gullick's "Black Carib in St. Vincent: the Carib War and aftermath," vol. 6, pp. 451-465; and Richard E. Hadel's "Changing attitudes towards the Caribs of Belize," vol. 6, pp. 561-570;
Arrom,Jose Juan (Author) and García Arévalo,Manuel Antonio (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Fundación García Arévalo
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
93 p., Contents: Cimarrón / por José Juan Arrom; El maniel de José Leta / por Manuel A. García Arévalo; Apéndice fotográfico de "El maniel de José Leta"; Anexos de "El maniel de José Leta"
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Smithsonian/Folkways: CD SF 40412 (on container: SF CD 40412)., sound recording; 1 compact disc, Field recordings recorded, compiled, and annotated by Kenneth Bilby in 1977-1978 and 1991, in Moore Town, Charles Town, Scott's Hall, and Accompong.
