Revealing Prophets

Prophecy in Eastern African History

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4841986
AutoresRichard Gray (0000-0001-9694-4206), David M Anderson (0000-0002-0328-1640), Douglas H Johnson (0000-0002-7778-6641)
Ano1996
Volume26
Fascículo1
Páginas82
Data de publicação1996-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1581897
OpenAlexW2038083552
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas44

Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson what is the world going to come to? - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale

African studies · History of religions · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy · Religious studies