Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585–1660

If you have any interest in the history of European colonies in the Americas this book is for you. For those who have a particular interest in the history of millions of Africans exported to the Americas and their specific origins and how they contributed to the formation of the Creole and African American culture we know today you will hardly find anything close to this in terms of quality.I am from Angola and my country has been the main source of African slaves during the Atlantic Slave trade (more than modern day Ghana and Nigeria combined). For those with some knowledge it’s pretty visible the influence of Angola, Kingdom of Kongo (which was mostly locaded in Angola, the capital town Mbanza Congo is still a provincial capital in Angola) and Central Africans in general, but for some reason I cannot explain, during 20th century many people reduced the African influence in the so called New World to Yoruba speaking people from Nigeria and partly peole from Benin and Sierra Leone but professors Heywood and Thornton work backs what I could see with my eyes when I visited Cuba, Brazil and even the United States, the Angolan slaves are founders of the British and Ducth colonies in north America and are a major source of Afro-American practices still alive today.

This book by Heywood and Thornton is really a great start for students who are planning on researching the historical roots of the cultural relations between Africa and America. And more, it's a work that follows the most recent debates on cultural transformations sufferd by the Africans subjected to slavery. Sorry for the poor english. Bye.

I just received it a neighbor had picked it up by mistake and brought the package to me a few minutes ago. My sincere apologies.