Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American biography
By: Franklin W. Knight and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editors in chief
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780198614393; 9780190614409; 9780190614416; 9780190614423; 9780190614430; 9780190614447
Subjects: Africans; Dictionaries; Blacks; Biography
Description: "From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Pelé, the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography will provide a comprehensive overview of the lives of Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans who are historically significant. The project will be unprecedented in scale, covering the entire Caribbean, and the Afro-descended populations throughout Latin America, including people who spoke and wrote Creole, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. It will also encompass the full scope of history, with entries on figures from the first forced slave migrations in the sixteenth centuries, to entries on living persons such as the Haitian musician and politician Wyclef Jean and the Cuban author and poet Nancy Morejón. Individuals will be drawn from all walks of life including philosophers, politicians, activists, entertainers, scholars, poets, scientists, religious figures, kings, and everyday people whose lives have contributed to the history of the Caribbean and Latin America"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.