Rituals of resistance
Subtitle: African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery
By: Jason R. Young.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807132791
Subjects: Africans -- South Carolina -- Religion.; Africans -- Georgia -- Religion.; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion.; African diaspora.; Africans -- Migrations.; America -- Civilization -- African influences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.