West Africa's Women of God : Alinesitoué and the Diola Prophetic Tradition /

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West Africa's Women of God examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day. Robert M. Baum charts the evolution of this movement from its origins as an exclusively male tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baum, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Diatta, Aline Sitoe.
Women prophets.
Prophecy > Social aspects.
Diola (African people) > Religion.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
Prophetie > Aspect social > Senegal.
Prophetie > Aspect politique > Senegal.
Prophetesses > Senegal.
Diola (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Prophecy > Social aspects > Senegal.
Prophecy > Political aspects > Senegal.
Women prophets > Senegal.
Senegal.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Alinesitoue Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944
  • The prophetic teachings of Alinesitoue, her successors, and a contested Diola prophetic tradition.

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