African voices from the inquisition Vol. 1 the trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1646-1668) / edited and translated by Toby Green, Philip Havik and F. Ribeiro da Silva.

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Inquisition  -- Colonies -- Portugal -- History -- Sources. (LCSH)

Social conditions.  (fast)

Guinea-Bissau  -- History -- Sources. (LCSH)

Guinea-Bissau  -- Social conditions -- Sources. (LCSH)

Guinea-Bissau.  (fast)

Portugal.  (fast)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Sources.  (fast)

Trials, litigation, etc.  (fast)

Personnamn

Peres, Crispina -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Klassifikation

966.5701 (DDC)

Kpcci (kssb/8 (machine generated))