West Africa's women of God : Alinesitoué and the Diola prophetic tradition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baum, Robert M. (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Diatta, Aline Sitoe. Diola (African people) > Religion. Women prophets > Senegal. Prophecy > Political aspects > Senegal. Prophecy > Social aspects > Senegal. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Prophets, gender, and religious change among the Diola of Senegambia
The Diola: an ethnographic introduction
Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola prophets in precolonial Senegambia
Women prophets, colonization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913
Prophetism at the peak of colonial rule, 1914-1939
Alinesitoué Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944
The prophetic teachings of Alinesitoué, her successors, and a contested Diola prophetic tradition.