Africa's Dark Sects

One of the only known copies was at Harvard University's Library. It disappeared one afternoon leaving behind only the smell of rotting meat.

We discovered the tome in the Juju House after Silas's Death. It is made of green cloth over paperboard about 6" by 8 1/4"; 328 pages, with the title: "Africa's Dark Sects" stamped on the spine. Despite the date of publication being listed as 1921, the book is in very poor condition with a broken spine, cracked back cover, multiple dog-eared pages, and notes in the margin. The author is given as Nigel Blackwell and there is no publisher listed. The bookplate on the inside cover indicates it belongs to Harvard University's Widener Library

Reading the text, it describes Africa as a place where Man can be his brutal and untamed Id and see beyond the false trappings of civilization. There are notes on the "Cult of the Bloody Tongue" that is based far in the interior of Africa, but that has followers in many cities. The idols are described as human shaped but surmounted with a long red trunk instead of a head. Lastly there are instructions for a ritual intended to raise the dead as a zombies which we saw the results of at the Juju House.