Culture & Society
Secret Societies
African Secret Societies - - -
Books
- Alexander, Leslie M. 2012. African or American?: Black identity and political activism in New York City, 1784 1861. University of Illinois Press.
- Banutu-Gomez, Michael Ba. 2006. Africa: We Owe it to Our Ancestors, Our Children, and Ourselves. Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books.
- Miller, Ivor. 2009. Voice of the Leopard: African Secret Societies and Cuba. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
- Piersen, William D. 1993. Black Legacy: America’s Hidden Heritage. Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press.
Websites
- Sande Society by Madelyn Henry
- Transatlantic Connections: African Secret Societies in Cuba [Book Review]
- Category: African Secret Societies – Wikipedia
- Poro – Wikipedia
- Sande society – Wikipedia
Videos
- Mende Secret Poro Society of Sierra Leone - Burial Ceremony of Albert Kanneh Jambai
- Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali
Female Secret Societies - - -
- Boone, Syvia Ardyn. Radiance From the Waters Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
- Day, Lynda Rose. 2012. Gender and Power in Sierra Leone: Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Phillips, Ruth B. Representing Women Sande Masquerades of the Mende of Sierra Leone. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California, 1995. [No Link]
- Sande Society; Art of the Mende Peoples
- Madelyn Henry,The Sande Society, Mount Holyoke
- Sande society – Wikipedia
United Order of Tents
- Forbes, Ella. 2013. African American Women During the Civil War. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
- “Women Who Can Keep a Secret,” The Sun, May 6, 1888, p. 5. Accessed September 11, 2018 via Newspapers.com.
- United Order of Tents
- The United Order of Tents – Wikipedia
Female Secret Societies Cont. - - -
Videos
- Liberian Gola Zōgbé Masked Dancer: Sandé Society Mask Dance in Bomi County
- Meet the Secret Society of Radical Black Women: Part I & II
Freemason / Masonry
Books
- Bell, Madison Smartt. 2010. Toussaint Louverture A Biography. New York: Vintage eBooks.
- Bruce, John Edward. 1921. Prince Hall, the Pioneer of Negro Masonry. Proofs of the Legitimacy of Prince Hall Masonry: New York
- Cox, Joseph Mason Andrew. 2002. Great Black Men of Masonry 1723-1982. Lincoln, NE: IUniverse.
- Delany, Martin Robison, and Robert S. Levine. 2003. Martin R. Delany A Documentary Reader. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
- Ridley, Jasper Godwin. 2011. The Freemasons: A History of the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society. New York: Arcade Pub.
- Wasserman, James. 2008. The Secrets of Masonic Washington: A Guidebook to Signs, Symbols, and Ceremonies at the Origin of America’s Capital. Rochester, Vt: Destiny Books.
Websites
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon – Prince Hall Freemasonry
- Prince Hall – Wikipedia
- Prince Hall Freemasonry – Wikipedia
Mask - - -
- Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Finley, Carol. 1999. The Art Of African Masks: Exploring Cultural Traditions. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.
- Glazier, Stephen D. 2001. Encyclopedia Of African And African-American Religions. New York: Routledge.
- Hackett, Rosalind I. J. 1996. Art and Religion in Africa. New York: Cassell.
- Owusu, Heike. 2007. African Symbols. New York: Sterling Pub.
- Pollitzer, William S. 2005. The Gullah People and their African Heritage. Athens : University of Georgia Press.
- Segy, Ladislas. 1976. Masks of Black Africa. New York: Dover Publications.