Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World
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Author | : James Hoke Sweet |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780807834497 |
ISBN-13 | : 0807834491 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World by : James Hoke Sweet
Book excerpt: Between 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe. By tracing the steps of this powerful African healer and vodun priest, James Sweet finds dramatic means fo