Includes bibliographical references, bibliography and index.
Contents:
Strange encounters: Christian captains and African fetish masters -- The black thread of mischief crosses the Atlantic: Egyptian Aub or AShantee Obayifo -- "Prophet, priest and king of his district": the Obeah man in his society -- Challenging order and inspiring resistance -- Obeah, race and racism -- The early literary response -- The case of three-finger'd Jack -- Credulous blacks and faithful mulattoes -- Black sorceresses and mulatto vampires -- Fictional adventurers and real-life travellers: Obeah in boys' papers and travel narratives.
Summary:
"Discusses the tradition of African magic and witchcraft, traces its voyage across the Atlantic and its subsequent evolution on the plantations of the New World, and provides a detailed map of how English writers, poets and dramatists interpreted it for English audiences".
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