West Africa's women of God Alinesitoué and the Diola prophetic tradition

Prophets, gender, and religious change among the Diola of Senegambia -- The Diola: an ethnographic introduction -- Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola prophets in precolonial Senegambia -- Women prophets, colonization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913 -- Prophetism at the peak of c...

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1. Verfasser:	Baum, Robert Martin (VerfasserIn)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Bloomington, Indianapolis Indiana Univ. Press 2016
Schlagworte:	Diatta, Aline Sitoe > Diola (African people) > Religion > Women prophets > Senegal > Prophecy > Political aspects > Social aspects > Diola > Prophetin
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Zusammenfassung:	Prophets, gender, and religious change among the Diola of Senegambia -- The Diola: an ethnographic introduction -- Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola prophets in precolonial Senegambia -- Women prophets, colonization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913 -- Prophetism at the peak of colonial rule, 1914-1939 -- Alinesitoué Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944 -- The prophetic teachings of Alinesitoué, her successors, and a contested Diola prophetic tradition
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	X, 301 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:	9780253017888 978-0-253-01788-8 9780253017673 978-0-253-01767-3