From Festive Sacred to Festive Secular? Indigenous Religious Presence in Two Nigerian Festivals

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7097220
AutoresRosalind I J Hackett (0000-0003-0500-7407, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee Knoxville USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume69
Fascículo4
Páginas341-389
Data de publicação2022-05-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNumen (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685276-12341663
OpenAlexW4320075231
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas42

This article explores the modern-day festival as a timely site for analyzing the politics of indigenous cultural and religious presence in postcolonial and neoliberal Africa. Focusing on the ancient Osun Osogbo Festival and the newer Calabar Carnival and Festival in Nigeria, it raises broader questions of how indigenous religion gets reframed as culture, heritage, and tourist commodity for local, national, and international audiences. Attention is paid to the multiple debates over festival content and representation in the context of local political, economic, and religious interests. The article ultimately makes the case for more comparative research on what may be termed the “festivalization of religion” and how this development relates to questions of “public religion” and “civil religion” in the contemporary African context

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