Diene Petterle
Series
Publisher
Nutopia Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to discover the African influence on Latin America. He examines the shared legacy of colonialism and slavery in a region that imported ten times as many slaves as the United States, and kept them in bondage far longer. Gates finds that the people of African descent have had a massive influence on the history and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean, despite...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The African Americans explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history and culture against unimaginable odds. Black in Latin America examines how indigenous, African, and European people came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Black in Latin America:...