Title: Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas
Description: "Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: African americans, religion, Blacks, america, Fasts and feasts, catholic church, African diaspora, Africans, Religion, Blacks, Fasts and feasts, Catholic Church, Black people