“…The influence of Herskovits in consolidating anthropological research on African American populations in the Caribbean cannot be overlooked (Yelvington, 2001;Ramassote, 2016). In parallel, in the wake of anthropological concerns about "Black Americas" (Bastide, 1967) authors such as Roger Bastide (1898-1974), Alfred Métraux (1902-1962 and Pierre Verger (1902-1996 should also be remembered.…”