"A Rare Human Document": LoBagola's African American Humbug Religion

[In this essay I present the case of Baltimore native Joseph Howard Lee, whose self-presentation in the 1920s and 1930s as the West African Jew Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola, captured the attention of white American consumers of his lectures and writings that purported to offer insight into Africa...

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Main Author: Weisenfeld, Judith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2019
In: American religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48
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