... This chapter situates Léopold Sédar Senghor in relation to existing scholarship and his activities during World War II. It discusses the impact that his time in German POW camps had on his writing and thinking about how African cultural specificity, transcontinental hospitality, and human...

... This chapter explores three central values within black religion and culture: hospitality, healing practices, and ghosts/spirit stories. It looks at each topic individually and tells of experiences Rosemarie, her family members, and movement colleagues have had regarding each one. Her...

... of hospitality are a complex blend of reciprocity, protection, and coercive extraction. The families of dominant tribal shaykhs are often known for their ability to take, to store away wealth, and to protect hordes of found and inherited treasure, both magical and mundane. By reading the oral historical...