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Chapter/Section Title
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Agradecimientos
xvii
Preface: Yerba Bruja
xxiii
Introduction: Revision
xxxi
BISABUELAS
Gingko
1
1
First Mother---Sub-Saharan Africa: -200,000
1
2
Women of Yams---West Africa: -50,000 to 200
3
5
50,000: Kindling---African Continent
3
1
8,000: Forests---Nigeria
4
2
Wild Yam
5
1
4,000: Colors---West Africa
6
1
2,000 to 0: Bantu Women Cut Bananas---Africa
6
1
Banana Peel
7
1
200: Salt---Northwest Africa
7
1
Women of Bread---The Mediterranean: -12,000 to -1,500
8
11
12,000: The Deer Mother---El Juyo, Spain
8
2
6,500: The Peaceful Land---Southeastern Europe
10
2
6,000: Pig Mother---Europe
12
1
3,500: Mare's Milk---Ukraine
13
2
2,700 to -2,000: Deserts---North Africa
15
1
1,500: Cutting---Northeast Africa
16
3
Morivivi
18
1
Scars
19
1
Women of Yuca---America: -15,000 to 500
20
7
15,000: Pikimachay---The Andes
20
2
Potatoes
21
1
4,000: Rainforests---Upper Amazon and Orinoco Basins
22
1
4,000: Corn---MesoAmerica
23
1
1,000 to 500: Temples---Central and North America
24
1
Tobacco
24
1
0: City Girls: Teotihuacan, Mexico
25
1
0 to 500: Turtle Women, Women of Trees---The Caribbean
26
1
ABUELAS
West African Women: 600 to 1400
27
5
600 to 1400: Market Women---West Africa
27
1
700: Not All Tribes Build Upward Toward the Sky---Nigeria
28
1
600 to 1400: Slave Road---Africa
29
1
1352: Ibn Batuta Writes Home---Mali
30
1
1440: People, Pepper, Ivory, Gold---West Africa
31
1
American Women: 700 to 1400
32
3
700: Mayas---MesoAmerica
32
1
975: Against the Knife---Mexico
32
1
1000: Bone and Hair and Shard---North America
33
1
1400: Caciques---Boriken
34
1
Mediterranean Women: 600 to 1400
35
12
620: Arabian Nights---Arabian Peninsula
35
3
900 to 1300: Bread, Oil, Wine---Christian Spain
38
3
Olive Oil
40
1
900 to 1200: Poets of Al-Andalus---Muslim Spain
41
2
1097: Fire at the Gates---Syria
43
1
900 to 1400: Juderias---Iberian Peninsula
44
2
Pomegranates
46
1
1350: Working Santiago de Compostela---Galicia, Sapin
46
1
Premonitions
47
162
1478: Unfortunate Isles---Canary Islands
47
1
1482: Elmina Castle---Ghana
48
1
1487: Maleus Maleficarum---Germany
49
1
1490: Stolen Women
50
1
Bad Dreams: The Prophets Speak---The Americas
51
1
1490: Guabancex Stirs the Pot---Boriken
52
1
Calendars
53
11
DISCOVERY
HURACAN: 1492-1600
Bitters
64
1
1492: Penetration
64
2
1492: Lamento sefardita---Spain
66
1
Romero
66
1
1493 to 1511: Leyendas---Puerto Rico
67
10
1509 to 1521: La Marcaida---Cuba and Mexico
77
2
1514: Manikongo Affonso's School for Bakongo Girls---Kongo, West Africa
79
1
1515: Toa
80
2
1515: Pinones
82
1
1515: Pinon Shopping List
83
1
1515: Platano
83
1
1515: Naborias---The Names of the Captives
84
2
1519: The Speckled Death---Central America and the Caribbean
86
2
Alegria
87
1
1525: Snakeskin---Mexico
88
1
1526: Conejo's Brothel---San Juan, Puerto Rico
89
1
1534: Slave Mothers---Puerto Rico
90
2
1547: Limpieza---The Spanish Empire
92
1
1550: Conversas at the Stake---Lorca, Spain
93
2
Calendula
95
1
1560: Jigonsaseh---New York State
95
1
1563: Indiera
96
1
1564: Dona Gracia---Europe and the Ottoman Empire
97
2
1575: Teresa de Avila Counts Demons
99
1
1592: Flames---Puerto Rico
100
3
JENJIBRE: 1600-1699
1600: Catalina Steals Away---Spain and Panama
103
1
1605: A Seed Falls in Pernambuco---Brazil
104
1
1606: Caribes
105
1
1607: Wild West
106
1
1608: Gingerbread---San Juan de Puerto Rico and England
107
1
Ginger
107
1
1618: Nzinga's Stool---Angola
108
1
1618: Witches' Stool---Western Europe
109
1
1623: Ana de Mendoza Unpacks---San Juan de Puerto Rico
110
1
1625: S/he---Latin America
111
2
1629: Manahatta---Mouth of the Hudson River
113
2
1630: The Weavers of Dean---England
115
1
1635: Playa Boqueron
115
1
1636: I Believe It Is No Sin---Galicia
116
1
1640: Paula de Eguiluz---Colombia
117
1
1647: Stuyvesant---New Amsterdam
118
1
1648: The House of Peace
119
1
1650: On the Road to Veracruz---Mexico
119
2
1663: Nzinga, the Warrior Queen---Angola
121
1
1664: Decree
122
1
1694: The Death of Palmares
123
1
Llanten
123
1
1695: News of Sor Juana---Mexico
124
1
1695: The Weavers of Tayasal---Guatemala
125
2
PARTERAS: 1700-1798
1700: The Forests Sail East---New England
127
1
White Pine
127
1
1701: The Country of Women
128
1
1706: Beatrice of Kongo---Central Africa
129
1
1714: Cangrejos
130
1
1720: Cecilia Ortiz
131
1
1728: Nannytown---Jamaica
132
1
1736: The First Cafeto
133
1
1741: Many-Headed Hydra---New York
134
1
1748: Escapees---St. Croix
134
1
1765: The Song of the Forest
135
1
1777: If Fray Inigo Had a Sister
136
1
1786: Parbulos
137
2
1788: Reverse Slavery---Ste. Domingue
139
2
Anamu
140
1
LAZOS: 1798-1898
Melao
141
1
1804: News from Haiti
141
1
1817: War Widows
142
2
Yerba Buena
143
1
1820: Maestra Cordero
144
1
1824: We Treated Them Well
145
2
1824: Runaways
147
1
1825: Flora Tristan Reads in Bed---Paris, France
148
1
1833: Maria Bibiana Writes
149
1
1833: Voyages---Peru
150
1
1833: Maria Barbanera
151
1
1834: Autos de Anti-Fe---Spain
152
2
Yellow Dock
153
1
1844: Some Lives Burn Like Quick Flame---France
154
1
1868: Francisca Brignoni
154
1
1873: The Freedwomen Contract Themselves
155
1
1875: Campos de soledad---Galicia, Spain
156
1
1880: Tortures---Tennessee and Puerto Rico
157
1
1886: Damas
158
1
1895: Charcas, or, the True Story of Cafe au Lait
158
1
1897: Luisa in Love
159
1
1895: Mercedes a caballo
160
1
1898 to 1900: Guabancex Again
160
2
AGUACERO: 1899-1929
1899: Ghost Dancing
162
3
1900: Civilization---Europe
165
1
1901: The Death Train---Southwestern United States
165
1
1903: Postcards of Colonialism
166
1
1909: La otra Aurora
167
1
Ruda
168
1
1909: Lessons
168
1
1913: Opiniones
169
2
1914: Delmira---Montevideo, Uruguay
171
1
1917: War Effort
172
1
1918: Lavenderas
172
1
1918: Vida alegre
173
1
Maguey
174
1
1919: Lost Bird---Western United States
174
2
1921: Harlem---New York
176
1
1923: Tuberculosis
176
2
Mullein
177
1
1927: Pasodoble
178
1
1929: Journey
178
1
1929: Hechos desconocidos
179
2
DERRUMBE: 1930-1954
1930: El barrio
181
1
1931: Tiempo muerto
182
1
Malanga
183
1
1933: Pura Belpre---New York
183
1
1934: Needleworkers
184
1
1935: Bread upon the Waters
185
2
1935: Julia in Naranjito
187
1
Naranja
188
1
1937: The Jane Speed Bookstore---Birmingham, Alabama
188
1
1937: Madre patria
189
1
1942: Wartime at the PO---New York
190
1
1943: The Ghetto Comes to the Barrio---New York
191
1
1944: Nuestra guerra---New York
192
1
1948: Julia Drinks a River of Sorrow---New York
193
1
1950: Threads---New York, Puerto Rico, Illinois
194
2
1950: Stories
196
2
1953: No nascas---Puerto Rico and the United States
198
2
1953: The Bad Mother---New York
200
1
1953: 105th and Fifth Avenue---New York
201
1
1953: Dime Capitan
202
2
1954: Freedom Songs
204
1
Milk Thistle
204
1
1954: Transition
205
4
La Botanica (Sources)
209
20
Glossary of Selected Words
229
3
Medicine Cabinet
232
1
Index of Historical Persons
233