The Heretic of CacheuA unique, startling book that gives a rich and detailed sense of life in an African port some 360 years ago In 1665 Crispina Peres, the most powerful trader in the West African slave trafficking port of Cacheu, was arrested by the Inquisition. Her enemies had conspired to denounce her for taking treatments prescribed by Senegambian healers the djabak s. But who was Peres? And why was the Portuguese Inquisition so concerned with policing the faith of a