13370: : From LeGrace BensonFw: Resilience of Yoruba

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From: LeGrace Benson <legrace@twcny.rr.com>

To Kreolists on the list: Some people on this list will be able to reference
persistence of Yoruba in Haiti.
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From: "Dr Aviston Downes" <downesav@uwichill.edu.bb>
To: <H-CARIBBEAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: Resilience of Yoruba


> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:34:18 -0400
> From: pgarrett <pgarrett@temple.edu>
>
> I have a graduate student who is investigating the resilience of the
Yoruba
> language in the Americas (focusing on Cuba)--how and why it survived under
> conditions in which so many other African languages did not.  As I
expected, she
> has found a fair amount of material concerning Santer¡a etc., but
surprisingly
> little that specifically explains and accounts for the preservation and
> continued transmission/reproduction of Yoruba.  Can anyone
> recommend sources that address that particular issue?
>
> Please reply off-list; I'll post a summary of responses in a few days.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Garrett
> Dept. of Anthropology
> Temple University
> pgarrett@temple.edu
>
> Paul B. Garrett
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Anthropology
> Temple University
> Philadelphia, PA  19122
> USA

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