Nicole von Germeten is Assistant Professor of History, Oregon State University.
Not only are the translations very well done; Von Germeten's notes
and annotations are excellent, demonstrating a real sensibility for
the African backgrounds of those to whom Sandoval ministered. . .
she does a very fine job of addressing African histories and
raising questions that emanate out of Africa, rather than seeing
the enslaved simply as incipient Americans. Strongly recommended
for Colonial Latin American surveys as well as for Atlantic History
and African Diapora courses. --James Sweet, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin
For scholars who wish to understand the African-European encounter
in the early modern Atlantic world, Alonso de Sandoval's 1627
treatise on Jesuit ministries among African slaves in the New World
is a must-read. . . . With Nicole von Germeten's new abridged
translation, the first ever in English, this rich document is now
available and intellectually more accessible to a wider Anglophone
readership. . . . The translation itself is highly readable, free
from the labored feel of translations marred by hyperliteralism. In
helpful introductions to each book and chapter, as well as in
periodic footnotes, von Germeten provides context and definitions
essential to the general reader . . . this new translation of De
instauranda Aethiopum salute will prove a rich resource. --Ronald
J. Morgan, Abilene Christian University
By translating and explicating Sandoval, [Germeten] helps us
appreciate his particular angles and empowers us to investigate and
contemplate his influence. . . . Moreover, her elegant
introduction, and her painstaking research as seen in her extensive
notes and section briefings, make her work a must read. --Amanda
Clark, Virginia Tech, for H-Net: Humanities and Social Science
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