Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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... origin throughout the New World . These investigations have convincingly shown that many beliefs and practices widely followed in the West Indies are of African origin . Having myself worked in West Africa , I certainly , am convinced ...
... origin throughout the New World . These investigations have convincingly shown that many beliefs and practices widely followed in the West Indies are of African origin . Having myself worked in West Africa , I certainly , am convinced ...
Page 76
... origin . The participants themselves are quite unaware as to their content or meaning , but say : " We've always danced like that . ” One dancer is dressed as a Red Indian , another as a Princess , and John Canoe himself wears a tent ...
... origin . The participants themselves are quite unaware as to their content or meaning , but say : " We've always danced like that . ” One dancer is dressed as a Red Indian , another as a Princess , and John Canoe himself wears a tent ...
Page 146
... origin . In this class the connection with slavery as the source of origin is very rarely discussed . This is not so in the other classes . If a family has achieved middle class status in the past it is difficult but not impossible for ...
... origin . In this class the connection with slavery as the source of origin is very rarely discussed . This is not so in the other classes . If a family has achieved middle class status in the past it is difficult but not impossible for ...
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