Trinidad Yoruba
From Mother Tongue to Memory

Maureen Warner Lewis (Author)

9780817355821

Paperback / softback, published 10 May 2009

304 pages
22.9 x 15.9 x 2.2 cm, 0.462 kg

An important and innovative contribution to several related fields of study ranging from social sciences to African and Creole linguistics.... Carefully researched and well written. - American Speech ""Warner-Lewis argues that the inimical conditions of slavery, rather than leading to deprivation of culture, led culture bearers of central African descent to resolutely hold onto aspects of their cultural identity.... [This book] contains a wealth of information for any scholar."" - Latin American Research Review