Albert Valdman: 3 books
The Haitian Creole Language
History, Structure, Use, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature,...
by Albert Valdman, Marvin D. Moody, Thomas E. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Haitian Creole (HC) is spoken by approximately 11,000,000 persons in Haiti and in diaspora communities in the United States and throughout the Caribbean. Thus, it is of great utility to Anglophone professionals engaged in various activities—medical, social, educational, welfare— in these regions....
Slavery in the Caribbean Francophone World
Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies, which ranges historically from the 1770s to Haiti's declaration of independent statehood in 1804. Including essays on the impact of colonial slavery on France, the United...