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Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity & Tradition. By Stephan Palmié. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 399. Notes. References. Index. $74.95 cloth; $23.95 paper.

A book of extraordinary breadth, Palmié's volume on Cuba offers a complex series of ruminations on postindependence Cuban history. This highly original work argues that Afrocuban tradition must be seen as part and parcel of the development of Atlantic modernity. Palmié makes this case in the course of three long chapters interrogating discrete yet thematically linked historical episodes-the trial of free black artisan Juan Aponte for conspiracy in 1812 during a spate of slave uprisings ...

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