Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter
DOWNLOAD
Download Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jeanne E. Northrop
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-10-30
Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter written by Jeanne E. Northrop and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-30 with Fiction categories.
It is 1994 and New Orleans is the Murder Capitol of the United States. It is late summer, and the air is heavy with humidity, perfume, and portent. The 82nd Airborne awaits orders to once again liberate Haiti from a CIA-trained cadre, this time those who ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of the country. A young Haitian-trained Voodou priestess, Taya DuChamps is murdered in New Orleans. Her Catholic teenaged daughter Layla is unexpectedly abducted to Haiti. Amidst this escalating chaos, Taya’s family and friends must put aside their personal grief and prejudices to attempt to rescue Layla before the entire country succumbs to anarchy. Set against the magical and dangerous backdrops of the most interesting of Caribbean nations and the most Caribbean city in the United States, Papa Legba’s Steadfast Daughter is an inquiry into what constitutes belief and how women have managed to survive against incredible odds.
Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jeanne E. Northrop
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Release Date : 2019-10-30
Papa Legba S Steadfast Daughter written by Jeanne E. Northrop and has been published by Xlibris Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-30 with Fiction categories.
It is 1994 and New Orleans is the Murder Capitol of the United States. It is late summer, and the air is heavy with humidity, perfume, and portent. The 82nd Airborne awaits orders to once again liberate Haiti from a CIA-trained cadre, this time those who ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of the country. A young Haitian-trained Voodou priestess, Taya DuChamps is murdered in New Orleans. Her Catholic teenaged daughter Layla is unexpectedly abducted to Haiti. Amidst this escalating chaos, Taya's family and friends must put aside their personal grief and prejudices to attempt to rescue Layla before the entire country succumbs to anarchy. Set against the magical and dangerous backdrops of the most interesting of Caribbean nations and the most Caribbean city in the United States, Papa Legba's Steadfast Daughter is an inquiry into what constitutes belief and how women have managed to survive against incredible odds.
The Damby Tradition Of The Kono People Of Sierra Leone West Africa
DOWNLOAD
Author : Kumba Femusu Solleh
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-08-17
The Damby Tradition Of The Kono People Of Sierra Leone West Africa written by Kumba Femusu Solleh and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-17 with Social Science categories.
The Damby concept is very similar to the concept of DNA: protein chains from where every human or every living creature gets its hereditary traits. The earth was originally farmland created for a family. Animals that inhabited the air; water and earth were venerated by all cultures in the ancient world and viewed as symbols of the invisible forces; through whom he worships the Divine Power for the creative impulses of the gods readily respond to them. All cultures of the world reverent some animals as symbolism of divinity. The the forms and habits of these emblematic creatures : the media of existence closely relate them to the various generative and germinative powers of Nature thus, were viewed as evidence of Omnipresence. The Kono understood that all life has its origin in water. Therefore, he chose the fish as the symbol of the life germ. This fish as his emblem of the life germ is called Sa-neh (eel); meaning Sa, the ancient God is here. Furthermore, he went a step further and chose other kinds of animals to represent the divine for each - original founding fathers of the Kono Tribe. These animals and plants became known :Tana of the male heads of each founding family . However, the basic reasons behind such choices were based on a simple belief that each Damby head was a product of his Damby : his Tana or Totemic Animal. Therefore, the totemic animals were depicted as deities; and each family was prohibited from eating his or her totemic animal or food. At first, twelve animals and other forms of food were chosen and each family member had its own animal or other food form as the family's Tana. The animals and their explanations are giving in the book.
The White King Of La Gonave
DOWNLOAD
Author : Faustin Wirkus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
The White King Of La Gonave written by Faustin Wirkus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Haiti categories.
Pride
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ibi Zoboi
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-09-18
Pride written by Ibi Zoboi and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-18 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. "Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
Jurgen A Comedy Of Justice
DOWNLOAD
Author : James Branch Cabell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Jurgen A Comedy Of Justice written by James Branch Cabell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with categories.
Male Homosexualities And World Religions
DOWNLOAD
Author : P. Hurteau
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-07
Male Homosexualities And World Religions written by P. Hurteau and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with Social Science categories.
The interest of this book lies at the very center of a recent deployment of homosexual liberation on a larger scale. The reader will be able to understand how each of the traditions studied articulates its own regulatory mechanisms of male sexuality in general, and homosexuality.
Critical Responses About The Black Family In Toni Morrison S God Help The Child
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rhone Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-12-17
Critical Responses About The Black Family In Toni Morrison S God Help The Child written by Rhone Fraser and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child explores the integral role of what Kobi Kambon has called the “conscious African family” in developing commercial success stories such as those of Morrison’s protagonist, Bride. Initially, Bride’s accomplishments are an extension of a superficial “cult of celebrity” which inhabits and undermines the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships until a significant literal and metaphorical journey helps her redefine success by facilitating the building of community and family.
Dictionary Of Gods And Goddesses
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Dictionary Of Gods And Goddesses written by Michael Jordan and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Goddesses categories.
Presents brief entries describing the gods and goddesses from the mythology and religion of a wide variety of cultures throughout history.
High Tide In Tucson
DOWNLOAD
Author : Barbara Kingsolver
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-03-17
High Tide In Tucson written by Barbara Kingsolver and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with Literary Collections categories.
"Clever. . . magical. . . beautifully crafted. Kingsolver spins you around the philosophic world a dozen times." — Milwaukee Sentinel "There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. Kingsolver's critically acclaimed writings always entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans. In High Tide in Tucson, she returns to her familiar themes of family, community, the common good, and the natural world. The title essay considers Buster, a hermit crab that accidentally stows away on Kingsolver's return trip from the Bahamas to her desert home, and turns out to have manic-depressive tendencies. Buster is running around for all he's worth—one can only presume it's high tide in Tucson. Kingsolver brings a moral vision and refreshing sense of humor to subjects ranging from modern motherhood to the history of private property to the suspended citizenship of human beings in the Animal Kingdom. Beautifully packaged, with original illustrations by illustrator Paul Mirocha, these wise lessons on the urgent business of being alive make it a perfect gift for Kingsolver's many fans.