Introduction: The fundamentals of glory
A Cuban/Dominican case study. Teodora and Micaela Ginés: myth or history?
The invention of history through poetry: a Dominican initiative
A Nicaraguan case study. Tracing the dance steps of a "British" subject: Miss Lizzie's palo de mayo
From "Mayaya Las Im Key" to Creole women's writings
A Colombian case study. Rituals of alegría and ponchera: the enterprising palenqueras
Palenquera writings: a twenty-first Century movement.