Author: H M Hanlan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244450897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Anancy, Jamaica's most precious and beloved 'hand me down' from Western Africa, takes a trip to a far away land. He arrives during a most turbulent time of great change. Through his cunning storytelling, the link between Jamaica and West Africa is evident.
Brexit & Anancy
Author: H M Hanlan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244450897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Anancy, Jamaica's most precious and beloved 'hand me down' from Western Africa, takes a trip to a far away land. He arrives during a most turbulent time of great change. Through his cunning storytelling, the link between Jamaica and West Africa is evident.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244450897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Anancy, Jamaica's most precious and beloved 'hand me down' from Western Africa, takes a trip to a far away land. He arrives during a most turbulent time of great change. Through his cunning storytelling, the link between Jamaica and West Africa is evident.
Anancy's Score
Author: Andrew Salkey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Anancy's Family Reunion
Author: Eva Greene Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989404112
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Anancy’s Family Reunion, Anancy has been up to his old tricks, but a visit from family will change everything – or will it? This new and imaginative take on Anancy folklore will reintroduce a new generation of children to a character deeply rooted in African and Caribbean oral tradition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989404112
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Anancy’s Family Reunion, Anancy has been up to his old tricks, but a visit from family will change everything – or will it? This new and imaginative take on Anancy folklore will reintroduce a new generation of children to a character deeply rooted in African and Caribbean oral tradition.
African American Folklore
Author: Anand Prahlad
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610699300
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
African American folklore dates back 240 years and has had a significant impact on American culture from the slavery period to the modern day. This encyclopedia provides accessible entries on key elements of this long history, including folklore originally derived from African cultures that have survived here and those that originated in the United States. Inspired by the author's passion for African American culture and vernacular traditions, African American Folklore: An Encyclopedia for Students thoroughly addresses key elements and motifs in black American folklore-especially those that have influenced American culture. With its alphabetically organized entries that cover a wide range of subjects from the word "conjure" to the dance style of "twerking," this book provides readers with a deeper comprehension of American culture through a greater understanding of the contributions of African American culture and black folk traditions. This book will be useful to general readers as well as students or researchers whose interests include African American culture and folklore or American culture. It offers insight into the histories of African American folklore motifs, their importance within African American groups, and their relevance to the evolution of American culture. The work also provides original materials, such as excepts from folktales and folksongs, and a comprehensive compilation of sources for further research that includes bibliographical citations as well as lists of websites and cultural centers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610699300
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
African American folklore dates back 240 years and has had a significant impact on American culture from the slavery period to the modern day. This encyclopedia provides accessible entries on key elements of this long history, including folklore originally derived from African cultures that have survived here and those that originated in the United States. Inspired by the author's passion for African American culture and vernacular traditions, African American Folklore: An Encyclopedia for Students thoroughly addresses key elements and motifs in black American folklore-especially those that have influenced American culture. With its alphabetically organized entries that cover a wide range of subjects from the word "conjure" to the dance style of "twerking," this book provides readers with a deeper comprehension of American culture through a greater understanding of the contributions of African American culture and black folk traditions. This book will be useful to general readers as well as students or researchers whose interests include African American culture and folklore or American culture. It offers insight into the histories of African American folklore motifs, their importance within African American groups, and their relevance to the evolution of American culture. The work also provides original materials, such as excepts from folktales and folksongs, and a comprehensive compilation of sources for further research that includes bibliographical citations as well as lists of websites and cultural centers.
Land of Love and Drowning
Author: Tiphanie Yanique
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698168801
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698168801
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A Likkle Miss Lou
Author: Nadia Hohn
Publisher: Owlkids
ISBN: 9781771473507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A picture book biography of the Jamaican poet Miss Lou
Publisher: Owlkids
ISBN: 9781771473507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A picture book biography of the Jamaican poet Miss Lou
Congotay! Congotay! A Global History of Caribbean Food
Author: Candice Goucher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317517334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Since 1492, the distinct cultures, peoples, and languages of four continents have met in the Caribbean and intermingled in wave after wave of post-Columbian encounters, with foods and their styles of preparation being among the most consumable of the converging cultural elements. This book traces the pathways of migrants and travellers and the mixing of their cultures in the Caribbean from the Atlantic slave trade to the modern tourism economy. As an object of cultural exchange and global trade, food offers an intriguing window into this world. The many topics covered in the book include foodways, Atlantic history, the slave trade, the importance of sugar, the place of food in African-derived religion, resistance, sexuality and the Caribbean kitchen, contemporary Caribbean identity, and the politics of the new globalisation. The author draws on archival sources and European written descriptions to reconstruct African foodways in the diaspora and places them in the context of archaeology and oral traditions, performance arts, ritual, proverbs, folktales, and the children's song game "Congotay." Enriching the presentation are sixteen recipes located in special boxes throughout the book.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317517334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Since 1492, the distinct cultures, peoples, and languages of four continents have met in the Caribbean and intermingled in wave after wave of post-Columbian encounters, with foods and their styles of preparation being among the most consumable of the converging cultural elements. This book traces the pathways of migrants and travellers and the mixing of their cultures in the Caribbean from the Atlantic slave trade to the modern tourism economy. As an object of cultural exchange and global trade, food offers an intriguing window into this world. The many topics covered in the book include foodways, Atlantic history, the slave trade, the importance of sugar, the place of food in African-derived religion, resistance, sexuality and the Caribbean kitchen, contemporary Caribbean identity, and the politics of the new globalisation. The author draws on archival sources and European written descriptions to reconstruct African foodways in the diaspora and places them in the context of archaeology and oral traditions, performance arts, ritual, proverbs, folktales, and the children's song game "Congotay." Enriching the presentation are sixteen recipes located in special boxes throughout the book.
How to Unlock Your Child's Genius
Author: David Simon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326880950
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
How to Unlock Your Child's Genius is a book for parents and educators that shows them 11 simple steps on how to help support their child's learning.Written by the award winning author and educationalist, this book uses empowerment literature, poetry, short stories, autobiographical writing and essays to inspire all who are involved in unlocking the genius of children.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326880950
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
How to Unlock Your Child's Genius is a book for parents and educators that shows them 11 simple steps on how to help support their child's learning.Written by the award winning author and educationalist, this book uses empowerment literature, poetry, short stories, autobiographical writing and essays to inspire all who are involved in unlocking the genius of children.
Jump Up and Say!
Author: Linda Goss
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
More than seventy stories, including traditional tales from Africa and the West Indies.
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
More than seventy stories, including traditional tales from Africa and the West Indies.