Book of Donmon Teith

The African Heritage of American English provides a detailed compilation of Africanisms, identified linguistically, from a range of sources: folklore, place nam

From its historical development to its current context, this is the first full-length overview of middle-class African American English.

A revised and expanded edition of a groundbreaking text.

The survival of African belief systems and social structures in contemporary African American culture

Organized by major themes—such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion