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Allowing each person's story to stand with its own color, texture, and pattern, Olga Jenkins has created a people’s history of The Bahamas. Those interviewed were born between 1900 and 1942, and their voices are as varied as the populations of the eight islands the author visited, including black, white, mixed, and working- and middle-class individuals.
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Book Description:
"The 40 people Jenkins interviewed spent their lives in the islands, and they give a full picture of that life, from politics to religion to folk medicine. . . . Bahamian Memories is at times more like poetry than history."--Florida International "Jenkins has captured an authentic historic picture of life in the Bahamas. . . . The book reflects oral history at its best and is a valuable resource on the culture, educational system, sports, occupations, and ethnic backgrounds of Bahamians. . . . A valuable resource in the study of Caribbean culture and West Indian history."--Multicultural Review "This book is required reading for anyone interested in the social history and development of The Bahamas, and I am pleased to commend it."--Sir Orville Turnquest, Governor-General of The Bahamas Allowing each person's story to stand with its own color, texture, and pattern, Olga Jenkins has created a people’s history of The Bahamas. Those interviewed were born between 1900 and 1942, and their voices are as varied as the populations of the eight islands the author visited, including black, white, mixed, and working- and middle-class individuals.
About the Author:
Olga Culmer Jenkins, an independent scholar and educational consultant whose parents were born on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, lives in New York City.
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- PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0813032725
- ISBN 13 9780813032726
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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