Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the CaribbeanSacred Possessions is an unprecedented collection of thirteen comparative and interdisciplinary essays exploring the cross cultural dynamics of African based religious systems in the Caribbean. The contributors analyze the nature and liturgies of Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, Quimbois, and Gaga as they form one central cultural matrix in the region. They ask how these belief systems were affected by differing colonial histories and landscapes, and how they

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