Danbala/Ayida as Cosmic Prism: The Lwa as Trope for Understanding Metaphysics in Haitian Vodou and Beyond
This essay decenters notions of centrality and periphery as we aim to delineate the metaphysical elements of Haitian Vodou, a Diasporic religion in the Americas, and the manner in which its metaphysics becomes a national ethos of sorts, rooted in time, both past and present. We aim to use Danbala an...
Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2013
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Journal of Africana religions
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Further subjects: | B
Haiti
B Metaphysics B Vodou |
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