Index 285 áálè, 249 Abakua societies, 12, 54, 55, 59, 75n72 Abatán, 116 Abraham, R. C., 86–87 Abreo González, Claudina, 87–90, 92, 94, 96, 100, 102 aché, xxiv, 22, 26, 118–21, 125, 206; feminine guild of, 115; Arturo Lindsay on, 187–94; Teresa Washington on, 216; August Wilson on, 235–36 Acotirene, 240–41, 248 Adeoye, C. L., 215 Adepegba, Cornelius, 122 Adisa, Opal Palmer, 231 Afoxé bloco, 268 African Americans, 168 Afrocentrism, 20, 48, 70n31. See also Pan-Africanism Aganyu, 57, 134 AIDS/HIV, xxiv, 40n113, 60 Aina, 127n6 aje, xix, 204–6, 240 Aje Shaluga, 118, 134 Àjé traditions, 113, 216, 219 alaleyo, 119, 128n8 Alarcón, Norma, 155, 159, 178n14 Albear Ajayí Lewú Latuán, Timotea, 119–20 Alexander, Jacqui, xix, 155, 161–62, 164, 174, 175 Alicia, Juana, xxiii, 154–55, 164–77; works of: “Ceasefire,” 164; La Llorona’s Sacred Waters, pl. 1, 154, 166–68; Las Lechugeras, 164, 166; Maestrapeace, pl. 2, 154, 168–76, 169, 170, 183n83; “Mission Street Manifesto,” 164; “SANARTTE: Diversity’s Pathway,” 154, 165, 165–66, 166 “all-knowing eye,” 55 Allen, Jafari Sinclaire, 50 Althusser, Louis, 19 American Magic Umbanda House, xxv, 275, 278 Anne, Saint, 146 Anzaldúa, Gloria, xx–xxi, 98, 153– 64; Juana Alicia and, xxiii, 154–55, 164–77; Arrizón on, 157 Aponte y Ulabarra, José Antonio, 20, 21, 23, 30 Arrizón, Alicia, 14, 89–90, 97, 98, 157 Artemis, 39n98 Arugbá Olókun, 114 Note: Page numbers in italics indicate figures; the plates in the Color Gallery (following page 186) are indicated by pl. 286 Index Ascencio, Michaelle, 31n4 Aset, 245 ashé. See aché Augustine of Hippo, 11 avatars, 33n26, 39n98, 114, 171, 202; caminos and, 148n41; dualistic, 93 awo. See babalaos Awo Ifá, 123 axé. See aché Ayarakotó, 118 Ayede, Nigeria, 144 Ayón, Belkis, 207 Baba Lu Aiye, 180n32 babalaos, 51–56, 61, 123, 140; homosexual, 53, 57, 75n70 Baca, Judy, 179n17 Bahia, Brazil, 267–69, 269–73 BaKongo Water Gods, 224, 230, 258 Baluandé. See Madre Agua Bambara, Toni Cade, 174, 232 Bambara Komo society, 236–38, 240 Bantu, 13 baptism, 249 Barber, Karin, xx, 104n13, 127n3 Bascom, William, 131 batá drum ritual, 27 Batuque, 137 Bechtel Corporation, 166 Bedia, José, 207 Beier, Ulli, 131, 135 Beliso-De Jesús, Aisha M., xxii, 43–65, 279 Benito of Palermo, Saint, 20 Bishop, J. Michael, 166, 181n61 Bolivia, 166 “border culture,” 157–63 Boromu, 116 Bosch y Martínez, Antonio, 23 botanicas, 48, 70n28 Brazil, 217 Brown, David H., 12, 24 Brown, Ras Michael, 191 Bryant, Jacqueline K., 24 Buddhism, 75n72 Bynum, Omelika Kuumba, 191 Cabezas, Amalia, 162–63 cabildos de nación, 11, 12, 20–23, 30 Cabrera, Lydia, xx–xxi, 22, 24, 198, 207; El Pato and, 43, 46, 51, 58, 63–64; on marimacho, 98, 163; Ortiz on, 70n24; Otero on, 85–94, 96, 100–103; Sellers on, 131 Cajón al muerto ritual, 12, 13, 33n19 calabash, 237; of Olókun, 114, 118, 119, 126; of Yemoja, 144–45, 240 Calvo Cano, Alfredo, 60 caminos, 13, 148n41; of Yemayá, 13, 93, 98, 116–18, 127n5, 137–38, 202 Campbell, Nilaja (pseudonym), 25–30 Campos Pons, María Magdalena, xxiv, 197–209 Candomblé, 137; Afoxé bloco, 268; Catholicism and, 145–46; homosexuality and, 59, 125; Matory on, xx; Santería and, 194n1. See also Umbanda Cantero, Susana, 21 Carby, Hazel, 35n39 Cárdenas, “Panchita,” 22 Castro, Fidel, 47–48, 50 Castro, Mariela, 73n55 Catholicism, 52, 259; creolization of, 75n72, 99, 145–46. See also Virgin Mary Chalchiuhtlicue, 166, 167 Changó, xxii, 9, 61, 70n31, 77n86, 132–39; accompanying deities of, 127n6; children of, 57; Ganga Zumba and, 240; Las Sietes Potencias and, 199; wives of, 216 Chenzira, Ayoka, 191 Chicanas/os, 153–77 cimarrones, 194n6, 194n9, 224, 240, 244 [23.20.220.59] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 14:16 GMT) 287 Index Cissé, Souleymane, 236–38 Clarke, Kamari, 70n31 Clifford, James, 43, 160–61, 199 Coatlicue, 158–59, 161, 171–73 Cockroft, Sperling, 176 Colcord, Erin Dean, xxv, 275–78, 279; works of: Mermaid Playing with Merbaby, xxv, 277, 278; Yemaya Offering a Pearl of Wisdom, 276, 277 Congos (spirits), 26, 54–55, 188, 194n6, 194n9 Conner, Randy, 71n31, 163, 177n5, 180n23 Constantine, Roman emperor, 245 Contreras, Sheila Marie, 178n6, 180n27 cowry shell divination, 44, 57–60, 114, 118–24, 128n16, 200; Erinle and, 121; signs in, 59–60, 76n80 Coyolxauhqui, 169–70, 172–73, 176 Creoles, 12, 34n31, 100–103...