A deeply informed Afrocentric view of language and cultural retention under slavery. Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a comprehensive description of the West African language of Yoruba as it has been used
Warner-Lewis (emerita English, U. of the West Indies, Jamaica) presents one of the few Caribbean slave narratives to have been recovered so far. The story of Aniaso, an Igbo boy from West Africa tells
The author explores the myriad of cultures that make up Trinidad, cultures that mainly originated in West and West-Central Africa and migrated with slaves during the 1800's. Chapter titles include, Cl
