TY - BOOK AU - Gates,Henry Louis TI - Black in Latin America SN - 9780814732984 (trade) AV - F1419.N4 G38 2011 U1 - 980/.00496 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Blacks KW - Latin America KW - History KW - Race identity KW - Slavery KW - sears KW - Civilization KW - African influences KW - Race relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index; Brazil : "may ExĂș give me the power of speech" -- Mexico : "the black grandma in the closet" -- Peru : "the blood of the Incas, the blood of the Mandingas" -- The Dominican Republic : "black behind the ears" -- Haiti : "from my ashes I rise; God is my cause and my sword" -- Cuba : the next Cuban revolution; Publisher's Weekly, April 2011; Library Journal web only, June 2011; Publisher's Weekly; Library Journal web only; Adult; Follett Library Resources; Adult N2 - Discusses the period of slavery during which over ten and half million Africans were shipped to the Caribbean and Latin America, examines the history of the African presence in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru, looks at the cultures that originated from these African ancestors, and considers the presence of anti-black racism in Latin America ER -