Voices in Exile

Download or read book Voices in Exile written by Jean D'Costa and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The songs, sermons and other materials collected in this anthology thoroughly characterize and demonstrate the distinctive language and culture that developed when African and European exiles came together on the plantations of Jamaica. Accounts of planters, slave-trading captains, and other testimonies from both the colonial and indigenous population effectively illustrate the unfolding of this unique culture.