Celestial Configurations of Africa and the Caribbean

The book is an originally researched and carefully documented study, of astronomic events, in-confluence with the historical and political conditions, of 64 African and Caribbean nations. It focuses on planetary cycles and their confluence with the political, social, and economic life, of these nations. It is based on the independence times for each nation-state, from which the astrological charts are calculated. It is well referenced and footnoted, It has been called an "encyclopedia of Mundane (political) Astrology." This book is a valuable academic tool, because of its historical basis, while the astrological overlay provides the element of time as an important character in the flowering of each nation. The book is great for beginners and seasoned astrolgers, as well as historians, looking for unconventional perspectives to help them delve deeper into other contributing causes of national events. This makes political astrology a potentially valid history tool. Some highlights of the book include: ¿African and Caribbean astrological cycles of paramount political, economic, and social importance ¿¿A three-part account of master astrologer Onua, and his student Ahmad Jones ¿Each country's tropical, sidereal, and Vedic horoscope ¿Narrative-descriptions of the dramatic events surrounding each country's independence moment.