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At the end of the work, the reader will find a genealogical tree and a glossary to provide the definition of the words followed by an asterisk upon their first occurrence.

I am Atibon-Legba

My hat comes from Guinée

So does my bamboo cane

So does my old pain

So do my old bones […]

I am Legba-Bois Legba-Cayes

I am Legba-Signangnon […]

I want yams to soothe my hunger

Malangas and pumpkins

Bananas and sweet potatoes

RENÉ DEPESTRE

A Rainbow for the Christian West

[…] he destroyed this beauty that could have led me to fall into relapses of desire […]; I resemble God’s old mistress, Death.

MARGUERITE YOURCENAR

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