The Village of the Water Spirits: The Dreams of African Americans - Softcover

Michael Ortiz Hill; Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa

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Synopsis

In researching the patterns black people's dreams about white people, Ortiz Hill dug into the literature of the African worlds that black Americans came out of and found that those worlds were intact in their nightly dreams. Weaving scholarship and interviews with the Shona medicine man Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa, Ortiz Hill offers the recognition that, at the most intimate level, Africa has kept faith with the African-American soul.

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About the Author

Michael Ortiz Hill is a writer, registered nurse, and practitioner of traditional African medicine in the United States and among Bantu people in Zimbabwe. His books include Dreaming the End of the World and Gathering Names (co-authored with Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa). Mandaza (Augustine Kandemwa) is an African healer and peacemaker.

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