The Experience of Alinesitoué and African Women's Prophetism
The article discusses the significance of Robert Baum's detailed historical study of the famous Diola woman prophet Alinesitoué for research on West African prophetic movements, and African female prophetism and indigenous religious agency more generally.
| Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2018
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| In: |
Journal of Africana religions
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| Review of: | West Africa's women of God (Bloomington : Indiana Univ. Press, 2016) (Hackett, Rosalind I. J.)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KCD Hagiography; saints NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | The article discusses the significance of Robert Baum's detailed historical study of the famous Diola woman prophet Alinesitoué for research on West African prophetic movements, and African female prophetism and indigenous religious agency more generally. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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