Preface  ix
1. Testing the Waters  1
2. On Trial  13
3. A Feast for the Ancestors  28
4. Going "Outside"  34
5. On Nai's Doorstep  40
6. Under Kala's House  51
7. The Sika  58
8. What Month It It?  62
9. The Captain's "Granddaughter"  71
10. Upriver  74
11. At the Ancestor Shrine  86
12. The Cock's Balls  100
13. Nai's Rivergod  103
14. Agbago's Seagod  108
15. Kala's Snakegod  114
16. A Touch of Madness  123
17. Playing for the Gods  132
18. A Tree Falls  139
19. Sickness  144
20. Death of a Witch  155
21. Chasing Ghosts  173
22. Death of a Child  179
23. Returns  190
24. Foto  202
25. Looking at Paper  205
26. The End of an Era  215
Notes  231
Bibliography  243
Index  247

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