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.
299.6832
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.
299.6832