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Central Africa in the Caribbean

Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures

by Maureen Warner-Lewis

A major study of Central African, especially Kongo, influence on Caribbean language, religion and culture. It draws on decades of research among Kumina practitioners in Jamaica and traces their vocabulary and beliefs to their African sources.

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