Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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... West Indies are of African origin . Having myself worked in West Africa , I certainly , am convinced of this . Dr. Henriques gives some examples in this book . What we still do not understand clearly is how and why these ' Africanisms ...
... West Indies are of African origin . Having myself worked in West Africa , I certainly , am convinced of this . Dr. Henriques gives some examples in this book . What we still do not understand clearly is how and why these ' Africanisms ...
Page 73
... west is the shopping centre . Most of the shop owners live here over their premises . As this road tails off into a land settlement in the west houses are inter- spersed between shops . The road to the east is lined by a few shops and ...
... west is the shopping centre . Most of the shop owners live here over their premises . As this road tails off into a land settlement in the west houses are inter- spersed between shops . The road to the east is lined by a few shops and ...
Page 190
... West Indies , London , 1928 . COLERIDGE , H. , * Six Months in the West Indies , London , 1825 . CUNDALL , F. C. , Historic Jamaica , London , 1915 ; * Lady Nugent's Journal , 1801-15 , London , 1907 . CUNDALL , F. C. , and J. PIETERSZ ...
... West Indies , London , 1928 . COLERIDGE , H. , * Six Months in the West Indies , London , 1825 . CUNDALL , F. C. , Historic Jamaica , London , 1915 ; * Lady Nugent's Journal , 1801-15 , London , 1907 . CUNDALL , F. C. , and J. PIETERSZ ...
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