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From the founding legends of Abyssinia’s royal house to the hidden "hush harbors" of black captives in the America’s southland, Mumia Abu-Jamal presents a moving portrayal of black faith over the span of 500 years. In this book, his first work of history, the acclaimed essayist pens a probing panorama of the spiritual life of African people, who, dispensed from their motherland, molded a love of freedom into religious practice and resistance to racist tyranny. "Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Faith of Our Fathers captures black religion’s ambiguity and complexity. Well-researched and lucidly written, his insights rest on sound scholarly judgment...this book is a creative engagement by one who knows existentially what it means to search for freedom in chains." --From the Preface by James H. Cone, Briggs Distinguished Professor, Union Theological Seminary