Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. What Is Diasporic Religion? 30
7. 2. “These Sons of Freedom”: Black Caribs across Three Diasporic Horizons 60
8. 3. Shamans at Work in the Villages 99
9. 4. Shamans at Work in New York 125
10. 5. Ritual in the Homeland; Or, Making the Land “Home” in Ritual 146
11. 6. Ritual in the Bronx 186
12. 7. Finding Africa in New York 205
13. Conclusion 227
14. Appendix. Trajectory of a Moving Object, the Caldero 247
15. Notes 251
16. Glossary 287
17. Bibliography 291
18. Index 319