Obeah, Race and Racism

"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".

Audience
adult
Length
long · 440 pages

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