Recommended Books on The Central African influence in the Americas

Thank you for joining us for our #BHM panel with Dr. Arsene Nganga.

Below are the books recommended by Dr. Nganga :

1. Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora by Linda M. Heywood.

2 .Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 by Linda M. Heywood and John K. Thornton.

3. Africanisms in American Culture, Second Edition (Blacks in the Diaspora) Second Edition by Joseph E. Holloway.

4. Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures by Maureen Warner-Lewis.

5. The Bantu Speaking Heritage of the United States (Afro-american Culture and Society) by Winifred K. Vass.

6. Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800Later prt. Edition by Leland Ferguson.

7. Livre: Les origines Kôngo d'Haïti: Première république Noire de l'humanité by Arsene Nganga.

8. Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by Robert Farris Thompson.

9. The Speech of the Negros Congos in Panama (Creole Language Library) by John M. Lipski.

10 .Kumina: A Kongo-based tradition in the new world (ASDOC studies) by Kenneth M Bilby.

11. The four moments of the sun: Kongo art in two worlds by Robert Farris Thompson.

12. Black Society in Spanish Florida (Blacks in the New World) by Jane Landers .

13. Slavery in New York  by Ira Berlin .

14. Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Atlantic World: Angola and Brazil during the Era of the Slave Trade (African Studies, Series Number 121) by Roquinaldo Ferreira .