Was Christianity a means of the deafricanization and social control of slaves?
Subtitle: a comparison of the response of free West Africans to Christianity with the response of African slaves in the United States
By: Johnson Ajibade Adefila ; with preface by Rupe Simms
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780773439559
Subjects: Protestantism; West Africans; Christianity and culture; African Americans; Cultural assimilation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The west African background; title: Christianity and religious acculturation in West Africa; title: Africanisms in slave regligion : therole of the "conjure-man"; title: Christian evangelization and the slaves' response; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Name index; title: Subject index.