| African Voices from the Inquisition: The Trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu Guinea Bissau 1646 1668 Contributor(s): Green, Toby (Editor), Green, Toby (Translator), Havik, Philip J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0197266762 ISBN-13: 9780197266762 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - History | Modern - 17th Century - Religion | Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict |
| Dewey: 966.570 |
| LCCN: 2021354531 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (1.40 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains some of the richest written material in existence for precolonial West Africa with unique insights into daily life in an Afro-Atlantic coastal trade settlement. Presenting the complete translated and annotated text of the Inquisition trial of Crispina Peres, an African woman born in the Guinea-Bissau region, of a Portuguese father and an African mother, it documents the Portuguese Inquisition's religious persecution of Africans on African soil. Set in a slave port in 17th century West Africa, the trial focuses on the worldview of an African woman accused of engaging in African rites and witchcraft, who is imprisoned and brought before Inquisitioners in Lisbon. It highlights her resourcefulness, resilience and spirited defence of her innocence, providing precious details on her life, household, work, health and social and commercial networks in this understudied African region. |