Maureen Warner-Lewis

Broschiertes Buch

Trinidad Yoruba

From Mother-Tongue to Memory

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Alabama Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780817355821
• ISBN-10: 0817355820
• Artikelnr.: 26892126