God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: a saltwater Geechee talks about life on Sapelo Island

"Off the coast of Georgia, a small close-knit community of African Americans traces their lineage to enslaved West Africans. Living on a barrier island in almost total isolation, the people of Sapelo have been able to do what most others could not; they have preserved many of the folkways of th...

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Main Authors: Bailey, Cornelia (Author), Bledsoe, Christena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Doubleday 2000
Edition:1. ed.
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Summary:"Off the coast of Georgia, a small close-knit community of African Americans traces their lineage to enslaved West Africans. Living on a barrier island in almost total isolation, the people of Sapelo have been able to do what most others could not; they have preserved many of the folkways of their forebears in West Africa, believing in "signs and spirits and all kinds of magic." -- Jacket.
Physical Description:X, 334 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0385493762

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