Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-337) and index.
Contents
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.