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Acknowledgments I. Introduction THE PROCESSUAL FRAMEWORK PHASES OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUITY AND CHANGE II. Africa THE OLD RELIGION THREE BROTHERS QUARREL, AND THEIR HOMES ARE INVADED BY STRANGERS III.Cuba: Pre-Santeria and Early Santeria (1492-1870) THE CONQUEST CULTURE THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THE SUGAR BOOM AND EXPANSION OF SLAVERY LUCUMI ETHNICITY SYNCRETISM OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN RELIGIONS TRANSFORMATION OF THE OLD RELIGION IV. Cuba: Santeria (1870-1959) AN ECONOMIC TRANSITION THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CABILDOS ESPIRITISMO AFRO-CUBANISM THE AMBIVALENCE OF REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE CUBAN POSTSCRIPT V. Santeria in the United States (1959-1982) SPIRITS IN EXILE NEW FORMS IN NEW YORK VI. Continuity and Change PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY PROBLEMS OF SYNCRETISM Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page 31 and page 120

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About the Author

GEORGE BRANDON is Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Sociomedical Sciences at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education of the City University of New York. He is the author of articles in the Journal of Caribbean Studies, the Journal of Black Studies, Oral History Review, and Griot.