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Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad: The Socio Political Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faith (Caribbean Cultural Studies) [Paperback]

Frances Henry (Author)

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Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 9766401292 | ISBN-13: 978-9766401290

Explores various African religions as part of a cultural system, relevant to national identity in the island of Trinidad.

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Henry is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, York University.

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Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press (April 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9766401292
ISBN-13: 978-9766401290
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,471,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #71 in Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Trinidad and Tobago

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THE ORISHA RELIGION IN Trinidad is historically derived from the complex of religious beliefs found among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Read the first page

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Spiritual Baptist, Council of Elders, Iyalorisha Rodney, United States, Molly Ahye, Spiritual Baptism, Shouter Baptism, Port of Spain, Brother Oludari, Contested Theologies, Ooni of Ife, The Formal Processes of Political Legitimation, Babalorisha Sam Phills, New World, National Congress, Roman Catholic, Shouter Baptists, Yoruba Orisha, Basdeo Panday, Eintou Pearl Springer, Eintou Springer, Ella Andall, National Council of Orisha Elders, The Role of Syncretism, Woodford Square

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This book cites 24 books:

Representations of Blackness and the Performance of Identities by Jean Rahier in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
The Wine of Astonishment (Caribbean Writers Series) by Earl Lovelace on page 30, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity: A Reader in the Anglophone Caribbean (Library of Anthropology) by J.W. Pulis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Location of Culture (Routledge Classics) by Homi K. Bhabha in Back Matter
The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago by Stephen Stuempfle in Back Matter

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