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African civilisations in the New World. Translated from the French by Peter Green, with a foreword by Geoffrey Parrinder.

Title
African civilisations in the New World. Translated from the French by Peter Green, with a foreword by Geoffrey Parrinder.
Author
Bastide, Roger, 1898-1974
Publication
New York, Harper & Row [1971]

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Additional Authors
  • Green, Peter, 1924-
  • Parrinder, Geoffrey
Description
vi, 232 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Torchbook library edition
Uniform Title
Amériques noires. English
Alternative Title
Amériques noires.
Subject
  • Black people > America > Religion
  • Black people > America
  • Africa > Religion
Note
  • Translation of Les Amériques noires, les civilisations africaines dans le Nouveau monde.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface / Geoffrey Parrinder -- Introduction -- Some basic facts -- African societies and/or Negro societies -- Negro Maroon societies -- The meeting of Negro and Indian -- The gods in exile -- Preserved religions and living religions -- Syncretism and amalgamation between religions -- Three kinds of folklore -- Negro communities -- Patterns of Negritude.
ISBN
0061360570
LCCN
^^^75158981^
OCLC
  • 320552
  • SCSB-10842284
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library