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Shrines of the slave trade : Diola religion and society in precolonial Senegambia /

In this groundbreaking work, Robert Baum seeks to reconstruct the religious and social history of the Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when the Atlantic slave trade was at its height. Baum shows that Diola community leaders used a complex of religious shrines and pri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baum, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this groundbreaking work, Robert Baum seeks to reconstruct the religious and social history of the Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when the Atlantic slave trade was at its height. Baum shows that Diola community leaders used a complex of religious shrines and priesthoods to regulate and contain the influence of the slave trade. He demonstrates how this close involvement with the traders significantly changed Diola religious life.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
ISBN:9780195352474
0195352475
9786610761722
6610761728