African civilisations in the New World / by Roger Bastide ; translated from the French by Peter Green ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Parrinder.

Author
Bastide, Roger, 1898-1974 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Harper Torchbooks edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York, N.Y. : Harper Torchbooks, 1972.
  • ©1971
Description
vi, 232 pages ; 20 cm

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    Translator
    Writer of foreword
    Notes
    Translation of: Les Amériques noires, les civilisations africaines dans le Nouveau monde.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 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 Négritude.
    ISBN
    • 0061317055
    • 9780061317057
    OCLC
    13180317
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