Based on historical research and more than thirty years of anthropological fieldwork, this wide-ranging study underlines the importance of Caribbean cultures for anthropology, which has generally marginalized Europe's oldest colonial sphere.Located at the gateway to the New World in the...

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"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read … [an] immensely important book." — New York Evening Post"A series of excellent stories about one of the most interesting corners of the American world, told by a...

Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991), an upper-class white Cuban intellectual, spent many years traveling through Cuba collecting oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is commonly viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law,...

En forma de de diccionario con significado de los animales en la religión afrocubana y el folklore. In dictionary form, the meanings of animals in Afro-Cuban religions and folklore are examined.

Este estudio explora la representación de la población negra en tres diferentes textos correspondientes a Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia (Alto Perú a finales del periodo colonial). La naturaleza heterogénea de estos textos constituye la base y dirección de este trabajo;...

After Brazil and the United States, Colombia has the third-largest population of African-descended peoples in the Western hemisphere. Yet the country is commonly viewed as a nation of Andeans, whites, and mestizos (peoples of mixed Spanish and indigenous Indian ancestry). Aline Helg...

These twenty-one animal tales from the Colombian Caribbean coast represent a sampling of the traditional stories that are told during all-night funerary wakes. The tales are told in the semi-sacred space of the patio (backyard) of homes as part of...

The stories of Anansi as told by our mothers and legends are legendary. This compilation will transport you back to the villages and compounds when we gathered under the lit moonlight amidst gentle breeze and cocoa smells in the air...

The stories of Anansi as told by our mothers and legends are legendary. This compilation will transport you back to the villages and compounds when we gathered under the lit moonlight amidst gentle breeze and cocoa smells in the air......

The stories of Anansi as told by our mothers and legends are legendary. This compilation will transport you back to the villages and compounds when we gathered under the lit moonlight amidst gentle breeze and cocoa smells in the air...

The stories of Anansi as told by our mothers and legends are legendary. This compilation will transport you back to the villages and compounds when we gathered under the lit moonlight amidst gentle breeze and cocoa smells in the air......