The Nuwaubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control

by Susan Palmer

Book Overview

Presenting fresh and important insights into racialist spirituality and the social control of unconventional religions in America, The Nuwaubian Nation follows the extraordinary career of Dwight York, who in his teens started out in a New York street gang, but converted to Islam in prison. Emerging as a Black messiah, York proceeded to break the Paleman's "spell of Kingu" and to guide his people through a series of racial/religious identities that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138265586
• ISBN13: 9781138265585
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"