Trinidad Yoruba: From Mother Tongue To Memory [Paperback]

Maureen Warner-Lewis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999

A deeply informed Afrocentric view of language and cultural retention under slavery.

Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a comprehensive description of the West African language of Yoruba as it has been used on the island of Trinidad in the southern Caribbean. The study breaks new ground in addressing the experience of Africans in one locale of the Africa Diaspora and examines the nature of their social and linguistic heritage as it was successively retained, modified, and discarded in a European-dominated island community.

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Editorial Reviews

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“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

“Challenges hitherto untested assumptions concerning the preservation of African languages in the New World.”

—Mid-America Folklore

“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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9766400547
• ISBN-13: 978-9766400545
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,683,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)