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Constructing a Religious Traditions: Lessions From 16th Century Cuba

Thursday, July 17, 2014: 9:10 AM
Room: 315
Oral Presentation
Sonya Maria JOHNSON , African Atlantic Research TEAM, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST LANSING, MI
Dr. Johnson’s paper will engage new understandings about the earliest contact and creation of 16th century Africans and Taíno Indians in Cuba’s eastern region.  Her exploration reveals the creation, social construction of a ‘spirit-based’ religious practice that continues to the present day.