Black women's literature of the Americas : griots and goddesses /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2022.
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| Series: | African diaspora literary and cultural studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Embarkations and disembarkations: the voices of the Orishas in the Americas
- Yemanja and Oshun: African goddesses in dialogue with the Americas
- Memory and (re)memory in works of Black women writers
- Mapping the divine in the African diaspora
- Goddesses: mediums of worlds
- Griots: guardians of universal knowledge
- Negotiating gender and maternity under the yoke of slavery
- Manifestations of sexuality and spirituality: a literary perspective
- Conclusions.
