Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. The English Professors of Brazil On the Diasporic Roots of the Yorùbá Nation 38
6. Chapter Two. The Trans-Atlantic Nation Rethinking Nations and Transnationalism 73
7. Chapter Three. Purity and Transnationalism On the Transformation of Ritual in the Yorùbá-Atlantic Diaspora 115
8. Chapter Four. Candomblé’s Newest Nation: Brazil 149
9. Chapter Five. Para Inglês Ver Sex, Secrecy, and Scholarship in the Yorùbá-Atlantic World 188
10. Chapter Six. Man in the “City of Women” 224
11. Chapter Seven. Conclusion. The Afro-Atlantic Dialogue 267
12. Appendix A. Geechees and Gullahs The Locus Classicus of African “Survivals” in the United States 295
13. Appendix B. The Origins of the Term “Jeje” 299
14. Notes 301
15. Bibliography 343
16. Index 369