When Women Are Central to African Religious History: On Power, Prophecy, and Memory
This article examines the centrality of women's voices in Robert Baum's West Africa's Women of God, where African women emerge as prophetic figures and leaders in their regions, shaping both the political and religious scenes under colonial France. By recovering these women's sto...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2018
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Journal of Africana religions
Jahr: 2018, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 130-133 |
| Rezension von: | West Africa's women of God (Bloomington : Indiana Univ. Press, 2016) (Marouan, Maha)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BB Indigene Religionen CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen KBN Subsahara-Afrika KCD Hagiographie; Heilige NBE Anthropologie RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde TK Neueste Zeit |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the centrality of women's voices in Robert Baum's West Africa's Women of God, where African women emerge as prophetic figures and leaders in their regions, shaping both the political and religious scenes under colonial France. By recovering these women's stories, Baum is able to show how the colonial authority systemically attempted to discount the leadership and prophetic powers of these women, constraining them to private space and to rigid gender roles. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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