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West Africa's women of God : Alinesitouâe and the Diola prophetic tradition /

Baum, Robert M.,

West Africa's women of God : Alinesitouâe and the Diola prophetic tradition / Robert M. Baum. - x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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, colo nization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913 -- Prophetism at the peak of colonial rule, 1914-1939 -- Alinesitou âe Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944 -- The propheti c teachings of Alinesitouâe, her successors, and a contested Diola prop hetic tradition.

9780253017673 (cloth) 9780253017888 (pbk.)

2015-027314


Diatta, Aline Sitoe.


Diola (African people) -- Religion.
Women prophets -- Senegal.
Prophecy -- Political aspects -- Senegal.
Prophecy -- Social aspects -- Senegal.

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