Black Writers and Latin America: Cross-cultural AffinitiesHoward University Press, 1998 - 207 pages In this study, the author begins by examining the influence of Africa and Spain upon the literatures of African Americans and Latin Americans. He explores the reciprocal exchange of influences among artists of African descent in the United States and in Latin America--from established writers to a new generation of writers, including women. |
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