The Sisala Universe
Its Composition and Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3933104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward B Tengan (1(University of Birmingham, U.K., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-19 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006690x00024 |
| OpenAlex | W2017862419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
THE SISALA UNIVERSE: ITS COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE (An Essay in Cosmology) BY EDWARD B. TENGAN (University of Birmingham, U.K.) In his introduction to Guardians of the Land, Schoffeleers (1978, 5) noted that the conviction among African peoples that 'management of nature depends on the correct management and control of society' is a profound intuition at the heart of their ecological think- ing. This conclusion of Schoffeleers, though arrived at from his study of the territorial cults in Central Africa, is also applicable to certain peoples in West Africa (Awolalu 1979).' That the earth/land should be attributed such a position of
Composition (language) · Conviction · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Intuition · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2017 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |