Life in a Haitian Valley - Melville J. Herskovits

Life in a Haitian Valley

By: Melville J. Herskovits, Sidney Wilfred Mintz (Introduction by)

Paperback | 1 November 2011

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This book is a precious document in the intellectual history of the black Americas. Its author was surely the first academically respectable white scholar to take seriously the cultural achievements of Afro-Americans, throughout the hemisphere. His influence is still keenly felt, within and beyond his discipline.
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An authoritative view of the extent to which the African culture has survived in the New World setting. ""Herskovits traces the majority of the [Haitians'] cultural ways to the region of Dahomey. The word Voodoo is best translated as 'God.' The names of gods, and social and economic institutions, point their origin to the same Dahoman source.... This book has a glossary of Creole terms and is carefully documented. It is a valuable volume for students, and significant [for the general reader]."" - New York Times ""The best book on Haiti"" - Books ""The book is highly readable and of distinct value."" - Atlantic ""No one who has a real interest in the Caribbean countries...can afford to neglect this intelligent and penetrating study."" - New Republic

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