English translation of original Spanish edition: AFRICA EN AMERICA LATINA © Unesco 1977
Author(s): Manuel Moreno Fraginals, Leonor Blum
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers / Unesco
Year: 1984
Language: English
Pages: 346
City: New York / Paris
Africa in Latin America
Contents
Historical Beginnings: From Plantation Life to Class Structure
1. Cultural Contributions and Deculturation (MANUEL MORENO FRAGINALS)
2. Flight and Confrontation (GERMAN CARRERA DAMAS)
3. Social Organization and Alienation (OCTAVIO IANNI)
Cultural Forms: Religion, Literature, and Music
4. Religion and Black Culture (JUANA ELBEIN DOS SANTOS AND DEOSCOREDES M. DOS SANTOS)
5. African Influence on Language in the Caribbean (RICHARD ALLSOPP)
6. The African Presence in Caribbean Literature (EDWARD KAMAU BRATHWAITE)
7. African Influence in Latin America: Oral and Written Literature (SAMUEL FEIJOO)
8. Music and Dance in Cuba (ODILIO URFE)
9. Music and Dance in Continental Latin America, with the Exception of Brazil (ISABEL ARETZ)
10. Music of African Origin in Brazil (JOSE JORGE DE CARVALHO)
Socialization and Development
11. Hello and Goodbye to Negritude (RENE DEPESTRE)
12. Latin America in Africa (PIERRE VERGER)
13. Africa of Latin America: An Unguarded Reflection (SIDNEY W. MINTZ)
14. A Case Study: The Problems of Slavery and the Colonization of Haiti (JEAN CASIMIR)
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
