“Religious historian Hucks offers an impressively thorough ethnographic study of how Yoruba traditions came to be performed and reimagined by African Americans in the twentieth century.”—Choice
“A mature and brilliant study that provides the basis for theory and method for the study of religions of African derivation in the New World.”—Charles Long, professor emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and series editor, Religions of the Americas Series
“An engaging and resounding counter-narrative to the dominant Enlightenment ideology of white supremacy and the attendant denial of the humanity of black peoples. . . . While the author’s book is grounded in and reflects her expertise as cultural anthropologist and ethnographer, it offers plenty of material for scholars and students of Africology, Black/African diasporas, cultural anthropology, and comparative religion. For anyone interested in African religions and spirituality, this book offers a fresh perspective.”—Nova Religio
“An insightful and engaging ethnography of a significant religious tradition in America. The scope and details are unsurpassed by previous works on the subject. The interdisciplinary focus enables it to speak to several theoretical issues in the Humanities and social sciences. . . . A major contribution not only to the study of African, African American, and diaspora religion but also to comparative history of religions, anthropology of religion, and cultural studies.”—Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African Religious Traditions and African American Studies, Harvard Divinity School
“An invaluable contribution to scholarship of the Oyotunji community, to scholarship of African American religion, and to scholarship of the phenomenon of American religion more generally. Hucks ably relates a history that is central to an appreciation of the roots and varieties of contemporary African American religiosity.”—Rachel Harding, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Denver
