Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultural nationalism and reinterpretations of the meaning of Africa from within the African American community. A mature and brilliant study that provides the basis for theory and method for the study of religions of African derivation in the New World.--Charles Long, professor emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and series editor, Religions of the Americas Series An invaluable contribution to scholarship of the Oyotunji community, to scholarship of African American religion, and to scholarship of the phenomenon of American religion more generally. Hucks ably relates a history that is central to an appreciation of the roots and varieties of contemporary African American religiosity.--Rachel Harding, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Denver Tracey E. Hucks is chair of the Department of Religion at Haverford College. Her scholarly interests are in the historical development of African-descended populations and their religious traditions in the Americas and Caribbean.