TY - BOOK AU - Holloway AU - Holloway,Joseph E. ED - Indiana University. TI - Africanisms in American culture T2 - Blacks in the diaspora SN - 0253206863 AV - E185.H745.A375 1991 PY - 1991/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - African Americans KW - Social life and customs KW - Culturele invloeden KW - Zwarten KW - United States KW - Civilization KW - African influences N1 - 2; 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; George Brandon --; Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture; Robert Farris Thompson --; Africanisms in African-American music; Portia K. Maultsby --; Africanisms and the study of folklore; Beverly J. Robinson --; The African heritage of white America; John Edward Philips N2 - 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 ER -