Maureen Warner-Lewis

Broschiertes Buch

Archibald Monteath

Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian

Beschreibung

Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography.

Autor

MAUREEN WARNER-LEWIS is Professor Emerita, African-Caribbean Language and Orature, Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Her many publications include E. Kamau Brathwaite's "Masks" Essays and Annotations; Yoruba Songs of Trinidad; Trinidad Yoruba: From Mother Tongue to Memory; Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures; and Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of the West Indies Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9789766401979
• ISBN-10: 9766401977
• Artikelnr.: 23134601