Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World by James H. Sweet

Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World

James H. Sweet

300 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Between 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe. By tracing the steps of this powerful African healer and vodun priest, James Sweet finds dramatic ...

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