Project
This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys
Division of Public Programs
!["The Bamboula" from Century Magazine, 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-09/african-spiritual-dance.jpg?itok=d4Rt1O-6)
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"The Bamboula" from Century Magazine, 1886.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library
!["The Bamboula" from Century Magazine, 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-09/african-spiritual-dance.jpg?itok=d4Rt1O-6)
Photo caption
"The Bamboula" from Century Magazine, 1886.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library
Examine three centuries of African-American religious experience from the arrival of early African slaves to those who made the 12-month journey from Massachusetts to Africa in 1989 as part of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage.