Africanisms in American Culture.

Abstract

Introduction, Joseph E. Holloway1. The Origins of African-American Culture, Joseph E. Holloway 2. What Africa Has Given America: African Continuities in the North American Diaspora, Joseph E. Holloway 3. African Elements in African-American Culture, Molefi Kete Asante 4. Africanisms in African American Names in the United States, Joseph E. Holloway 5. The Case of Voodoo in New Orleans, Jessie Gaston Mulira 6. Gullah Attitudes toward Life and Death, Margaret Washington Creel 7. The Sacred World of the Gullahs, Joseph E. Holloway 8. African Religious Retentions in Florida, Robert L. Hall 9 Sacrificial Practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban Religion in the United States, George Brandon 10. Kongo influences on African American Artistic Culture, Robert Farris Thompson 11. Africanisms in African-American Music, Portia K. Maultsby 12. Africanisms and the Study of Folklore, Beverly J. Robinson 13. The African Heritage of White America, John Edward Philips 14. The African Character of African American Language: Insights from the Creole Connection, Selase W. Williams