Lorenzo Dow Turner
The first biography of the acclaimed African American linguist and author of Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
In this first book-length biography of the pioneering African American linguist and celebrated father of Gullah studies, Margaret Wade-Lewis examines the life of Lorenzo Dow Turner. A scholar whose work dramatically influenced the world of academia but whose personal story—until now—has re...
The first biography of the acclaimed African American linguist and author of Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
In this first book-length biography of the pioneering African American linguist and celebrated father of Gullah studies, Margaret Wade-Lewis examines the life of Lorenzo Dow Turner. A scholar whose work dramatically influenced the world of academia but whose personal story—until now—has re...
