Stereotyping, Exploitation, and Appropriation of African Traditional Religious Beliefs: The Case of Nyaminyami, Water Spirit, among the Batonga People of Northwestern Zimbabwe, 1860s–1960s
This article examines the forms of knowledge that existed between Africans and Europeans regarding local indigenous religious beliefs, focusing particularly on the case of Nyaminyami, a water spirit that is part of the belief systems prevalent among some BaTonga people of northwestern Zimbabwe. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-99 |
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Zimbabwe (Nordwest)
/ Tsonga
/ Europeans
/ Water spirit
/ Traditionelle afrikanische Religion
/ Colonialism
/ History 1860-1960
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AX Inter-religious relations BB Indigenous religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
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Europeans
B water spirit B Beliefs B Nyaminyami B Africa B Zimbabwe B BaTonga |
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