Table of Contents
Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway -- The origins of African-American culture / Joseph E. Holloway --African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante -- The case of voodoo in New Orleans /Jessie Gaston Mulira -- Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel -- African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall --Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon --Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture /Robert Farris Thompson -- Africanisms in African-American music / Portia K. Maultsby --Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson -- The African heritage of white America /John Edward Philips