Contents

• Introduction / Joseph E. Holloway
• The origins of African- American culture / Joseph E. Holloway
• African elements in African-American English / Molefi Kete Asante
• The case of voodoo in New Orleans / Jessie Gaston Mulira
• Gullah attitudes toward life and death / Margaret Washington Creel
• African religious retentions in Florida / Robert L. Hall
• Sacrificial practices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States / George Brandon
• Kongo influences on African-American artistic culture / Robert Farris Thompson
• Africanisms in African-American music / Portia K. Maultsby
• Africanisms and the study of folklore / Beverly J. Robinson
• The African heritage of white America / John Edward Philips