Recreating Africa : Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770

Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(12) PART ONE: LIVING AND DYING IN THE AFRICAN-PORTUGUESE DIASPORA 1 Demography, Distribution, and Diasporic Streams 13(18) 2 Kinship, Family, and Household Formation 31(28) 3 Disease, Mortality, and Master Power 59(28) PART TWO: AFRICAN RELIGIOUS RESPONSES 4 Catholic vs. "Other" in the World of Believers 87(16) 5 Theory and Praxis in the Study of African Religions 103(16) 6 African Divination in the Diaspora 119(20) 7 Calundús, Curing, and Medicine in the Colonial World 139(22) 8 Witchcraft, Ritual, and Resistance in the African-Portuguese Diaspora 161(30) PART THREE: AFRICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 9 African Catholicism in the Portuguese World 191(26) 10 The Impacts of African Religious Beliefs on Brazilian Catholicism 217(10) Conclusion 227(4) Notes 231(34) Bibliography 265(22) Index 287