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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to discover the African influence on Latin America. He examines the shared legacy of colonialism and slavery in a region that imported ten times as many slaves as the United States, and kept them in bondage far longer. Gates finds that the influence of people of African descent has had a massive influence on the history and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Series
Jaguar books on Latin America ; no. 5
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English