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Black Roadways
A Study of Jamaican Folk Life
- First published1929
- TraditionSuperstitions
- Shelf138 books
An early ethnographic account of rural Jamaican life by an American folklorist, covering work, family, religion, obeah, myal, duppies and funeral customs. Dated in some of its framing, it preserves valuable records of beliefs and practices of the 1920s.
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