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West Africa's women of God : Alinesitoué and the Diola prophetic tradition Robert M. Baum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana university Press 2015Description: x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780253017673 (cloth)
  • 9780253017888 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • BL2480.D53 BAU 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2480.D53 BAU B383 2016
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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