Rituals of resistance African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery /.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press c2007Description: xii, 258 p. ill., mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0807132799 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780807132791 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Kongo in the lowcountry -- Saline sacraments, water ritual, and the spirits of the deep : Christian conversion in Kongo and along the sea islands of the deep South -- Minkisi, conjure bags, and the African Atlantic religious complex -- Burial markers and other remembrances of the dead.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
book Library of Colonial History 121.742 H Available 8300248-10

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.

Kongo in the lowcountry -- Saline sacraments, water ritual, and the spirits of the deep : Christian conversion in Kongo and along the sea islands of the deep South -- Minkisi, conjure bags, and the African Atlantic religious complex -- Burial markers and other remembrances of the dead.