Laura S. Grillo

NOW PUBLISHED in Topographies of African Spirituality, eds. A. Adogame, E. Obadare, W. Adebanwi (Routledge Press) February 2025. Leader of first successful slave rebellion in the Caribbean: “Queen” Nanny was the legendary 17th c. leader of the Jamaican Windward Maroons, a community of...

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Religions was finally published – after six long years in the works! My contribution is Chapter 22, “Divination in the Caribbean.” Divination is the pivot on which a number of critical religious practices hinge—initiation, healing and...