Rituals of resistance African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery /.
- xii, 258 p. ill., maps ;.
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.