Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State
by Amanda B. Carlson (Editor), Robin Poynor (Editor)
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This collection of essays encourages a critical evaluation of the concept of "Florida" as a cultural and geographical entity and the influences and effects of the numerous African and Africa American-influenced cultures.Tags
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Amanda B. Carlson, assistant professor of art history at the University of Hartford, is the author of Converging Territories Robin Poynoe, professor of art history at the University of Florida, is the author of African Art at the Earn Museum: Spirit Eyes, Human Hands, the coauthor of A History of Art in Africa, and a coeditor of Kongo across the show more Waters. show less
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- Africa in Florida: Five Hundred Years of African Presence in the Sunshine State
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Art & Design
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- 305.896 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Africans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin
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- E185.93 .F5 .A34 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans
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