When Europeans invaded the Americas, they used the Bible as a weapon of spiritual conquest. But Native American studies scholar Christopher Vecsey notes that the sword has often been turned back on the colonizers.
The MacArthur Endowed Chair of Africana and Latin American Studies discusses the influential history of one of Ghana’s traditional healers, the problem with official statistics related to the slave trade, the legacy of The East, and a community center in Brooklyn.
From Colgate Research: A book chapter excerpt about the destruction of shrines by Emilio Spadola (anthropology and Middle Eastern and Islamic civilization studies)