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Kennedy, James H. – 1985
This paper profiles representative Afro-Brazilian writers and provides a guide to English language translations and critical studies of their work. The aim is to encourage instructors to broaden the scope of current curricula in black and Latin American studies courses. Recent studies estimate that more than 40 percent of Brazil's inhabitants are…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Studies, Blacks, Foreign Countries
Kennedy, James H. – 1988
A lesson in the traditional music and dance of Panama and Puerto Rico focuses on the significant African influence in Hispanic culture. The lesson describes a dance, the instruments used, and the costumes worn, and explains the customs surrounding its performance. Entirely in Spanish with side glosses in English, the lesson is followed by…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Dance, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries

Kennedy, James H. – Phylon, 1986
Accounts for the surge in Afro-Brazilian literacy production of the late 1970s and early 1980s from the perspective of Brazil's changing political life and a growth of racial consciousness. Presents a broad overview of recent Brazilian political and literary history. Focuses on racial politics and Afro-Brazilians in the Brazilian literary market.…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Literature, Blacks, Foreign Countries