The Light Inside: Abakuá Society Arts and Cuban Cultural History

by David H Brown and David H. Brown

Originally published in 2003, The Light Inside is a ground-breaking study of an Afro-Cuban secret society, its sacred arts, and their role in modern Cuban cultural history. Enslaved Africans and creoles developed the Abaku Society, a system of men's fraternal lodges, in urban Cuba beginnings in 1836. Drawing on years of fieldwork in the country, the book's novel approach builds on close readings of dazzling Abaku altars, chalk-drawn signs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036724666X
• ISBN13: 9780367246662
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages