Religion, Occult and Youth Conflict in the Niger Delta of Nigeria /

The book examines the nexus between youth conflict and the occult drawing its insights from the oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria. It sees the occult represented by the Egbesu deity in this conflict as a form of religious belief imbued in this case with the powers of good. Thus, the religious occult i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anugwom, Edlyne Ezenongaya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ebira (African people) > Religion.
Political violence > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Youth and violence > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Mwenda Ntarangwi
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Niger Delta of Nigeria : context and location
  • 3. Perception of marginalization as crucial plank of the Niger Delta struggle
  • 4. What the theories tell us
  • 5. Debate with religion : the religious cocktail of occult, witchcraft and sorcery
  • 6. Occult manifestations in the Niger Delta
  • 7. Marginalization and the reinvention of the occult
  • 8. Making sense of it all
  • 9. Some encouraging conclusions.

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