Shrines of the slave trade: Diola religion and society in precolonial Senegambia
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1. Verfasser: Baum, Robert Martin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index
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
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 287 pages)
ISBN:0195352475
9780195123920
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