Divination: Epistemology, Agency, and Identity in Contemporary Urban West Africa

Based on fieldwork in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, undertaken in 1997 and 2009, as well as residence in the country in periods that spanned two decades, this study of contemporary urban divination in West Africa shows that it thrives even in the ethnically heterogeneous and religiously plural city. In st...

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Main Author: Grillo, Laura S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: Religion compass
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 921-934
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