Africas of the Americas : beyond the search for origins in the study of Afro Atlantic religions Introduction: On predications of Africanity Stephan Palmié On leaving and joining Africanness through religion : the Black Caribs across multiple diasporic horizons Paul Christopher Johnson From Igbo Israeli to African Christian : the emergence of racial identity in Olaudah Equianos Interesting narrative James Sidbury Governing man gods : spiritism and the struggle for progress in Republican Cuba Reinaldo L. Román Divining the past : the linguistic reconstruction of African roots in diasporic ritual registers and songs Kristina Wirtz Ecués Atlantic : an essay in methodology Stephan Palmié Dona Pretas trek to Cachoeira Brian Brazeal Transatlantic dialogue : Roger Bastide and the African American religions Stefania Capone Peasants migrants and the discovery of African traditions : ritual and social change in Lowland Haiti Karen E. Richman African accents speaking child spirits and the Brazilian popular imaginary : permutations of Africanness in Candomblé Elina Hartikainen Free to be a slave : slavery as metaphor in the Afro Atlantic religions J. Lorand Matory