The emergence of a Diola Christianity
Among the Diola of the Casamance region of Senegal, Islam and Christianity have both enjoyed rapid growth. The approximately half million Diola, however, include the largest number of adherents of their traditional religion (awasena) within the Senegambian region. During the colonial era Islam becam...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1990
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Africa
Year: 1990, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 370-398 |
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Diola
B Missionary B Senegal B People B Christian B Tree trunk Ethnology B Christianity B Nature religion |
| Summary: | Among the Diola of the Casamance region of Senegal, Islam and Christianity have both enjoyed rapid growth. The approximately half million Diola, however, include the largest number of adherents of their traditional religion (awasena) within the Senegambian region. During the colonial era Islam became the dominant religion among the Diola on the north shore of the Casamance river. Among the south shore communities neither Islam nor Christianity became important until after the Second World War. The author examines the growth of Christianity in a single south shore Diola group, the Esulalu, and its interaction with Diola awasena religion. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0001-9720 |
| Contains: | In: Africa
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