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Description of  El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba (Latin America in Translation)

First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabreras El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted influence of Afro-Atlantic cultures in Cuba. Cabrera details the natural and spiritual landscape of the Cuban Read more