UID:
almafu_9959238334602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (302 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-774118-5
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1-280-76172-5
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0-19-535247-5
Serie:
Oxford scholarship online
Inhalt:
This text aims to reconstruct religious and social history of Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when Atlantic slave trade was at its height. It shows how leaders used religion to regulate the influence of the trade, and demonstrates how this changed religious life.
Anmerkung:
Previously issued in print: 1999.
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Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 The Historical Study of African Traditional Religions; 2 Encountering Esulalu: An Introduction; 3 The Origins of the Diola-Esulalu; 4 Koonjaen, Floup, and the Forging of a Diola-Esulalu Religious Tradition in the Eighteenth Century; 5 Slaves, Trade, and Religious Change in Eighteenth-Century Esulalu; 6 Strangers within Their Borders: Esulalu Religion in the Era of French Expansion, 1800-1880; 7 The Elaboration of Tradition: Esulalu Religion, 1800-1880; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: Chronology in Diola-Esulalu Oral Traditions; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography
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Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-512392-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195352474
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195123920
Sprache:
Englisch
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