Books in the Blacks in the Diaspo series

A study of "receptive" communities in the West Indies, which focuses on two groups - English-speaking colonists, and the new African immigrants. This work describes the formation of these settlements, and offers details about the families of liberated Africans, the labour they performed, their religions, and the culture they brought with them.

The history of their literature predates Black women's acquisition of literacy. This book investigates the cultural bonds between African and African-American women as illustrated in the writings of contemporary authors of United States and West Africa.

Cuba's social and cultural complexity interpreted through the history and expressive power of rumba.