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Drums and shadowsBook 1986 • Georgia Writers' Project. Savannah Unit et al.
Sea Islanders • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a pioneering study in demonstrating the continuing influence of African folklore among Georgian coastal Negroes as it existed in the latter part of the 1930s. The research was undertaken by members of the Federal Writers' Project -- unemploye...Ain't you got a right to the tree of life?Book 1989 • Carawan, Guy et al.
Sea Islanders • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This work is an oral record of sea island life, based on the community's recollection of its history. These memories reach back from 1988 to the turn of the century. The source describes in detail the thoughts and feelings, joys and fears of African-...