Trinidad Yoruba - From Mother Tongue to Memory

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 on the island of Trinidad in the southern Caribbean.

Info autore

Maureen Warner-Lewis is professor of African-Caribbean languages and orature at the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is the author of four books, including Guinea's Other Suns: The African Dynamic in Trinidad Culture.

Riassunto

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 on the island of Trinidad in the southern Caribbean.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maureen Warner Lewis, Maureen Warner-Lewis
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2009
• EAN: 9780817355821
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5582-1
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature