Offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, that focuses on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations.

"Palmie unlocks and explores the fascinating world of oracle and historical divination in loving detail and with unrivaled narrative power. "Wizards and Scientists" is an extraordinary achievement."--Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los Angeles