Rituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery /
"In Rituals of Resistance Jason R. Young explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery. The choice of these two sites mirrors the historical trajectory of the transatlantic slave tra...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2007. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Table of 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.