Africanisms in American culture [WorldCat Entities]

"An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazed originally by Melville J. Herskovits, the father of New World African studies."@en
"Introduction/Joseph E. Holloway--The Origins of African-American Culture/Joseph E. Holloway--African Elements in African-American English/Molefi Kete Asante--The Case of Voodoo in New Orleans/Jessie Gaston Mulira--Gullah Attitudes Toward Life and Death/Margaret Washington Creel--African Religious Retentions in Florida/Robert L. Hall--Sacrificial Practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban Religion in the United States--Kongo Influences on African-American Artistic Culture/Robert Farris Thompson--Africanisms in African-American Music/Portia K. Maultsby--Africanism and the Study of Folklore/Beverly J. Robinson--The African Heritage of White America/John Edward Philips-Contributors-Index."