Voice of the leopard [electronic resource] : African secret societies and Cuba / Ivor L. Miller.
Material type: TextSeries: Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)Publication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009Description: xx, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)ISBN: 9781604738148 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sociedad Abakua (Cuba) | Secret societies -- Cuba | Blacks -- Cuba -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 369.097291 LOC classification: HS1355.S64 | C845 2009Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Arrival -- The fortified city -- Planting Abakua in Cuba, 1830s to 1860s -- From Creole to Carabali -- Dispersal : Abakua exiled to Florida and Spanish Africa -- Disintegration of the Spanish empire -- Havana is the key : Abakua in Cuban music -- Conclusions -- Epilogue : Cubans in Calabar : Ekpe has one voice.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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