West Virginia Books

This book is helpful because it contains very general information about Cuba. However, the manner in which the info is presented is questionable since the author's sensitivity about world cultures is limited. The author's perception about Cuban culture, and more specifically subjects like Santeria, seem more indoctrinating to the debilitating effects that stereotypes produce. On page 71, the author writes, "Santeria appeals to many people because it does not have the strict moral sanctions that Catholicism does".
If we are to appreciate and understand a foreign culture like Santeria (from an American perspective), we should judge it on its own terms and not on the borrowings of another culture.
Strict moral sanctions manifest itself in very different ways in Santeria. This and other aspects about Cuba have arisen from a different historical experience, something that the author is highly unaware of.
On Cuba and related subjects, I recommend that people interested in such subjects look elsewhere.

The book is simplistic and much more about the author. There are lots of spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. I did not find the author's life story interesting. It was a boring, pedistrian book,

With no description to go by, I had to assume that the title described the book. Received it, and instead of information about West Virginia SONGS, like the title says, it is a book of poetry - totally not what I wanted. Not a "song" in the book!
Amazon - it would sure have helped me to at least have the one word description of "Poetry" put with this listing!

Somebody please explain to me why college professors are buying into this ridiculous internet hoax, and passing it off as something that actually happened. Earth to Black America: Willie Lynch never existed. Ever. Period. End of story.

I have found a few inaccuracies with some of the statistics and data in this book. I'm not sure if anyone edited the writing before it was published because there are whole sections that really have nothing to do with the topics.