On the Coloniality of the Demonic
Deliverance as Decolonial Praxis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6432406 |
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| Authors | Kwame Edwin Otu (0000-0001-8660-4216, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-113 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Africana Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2165-5405 • E-ISSN: 2165-5413 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jafrireli.13.1.0108 |
| OpenAlex | W4414594082 |
| Language | EN |
What does the obsession among Pentecostal churches in Ghana with the demonic tell us about the scrambled lives of Africans in the aftermath of colonization? Might coloniality be the ultimate demonic power? Homewood’s Seductive Spirits shows how colonial occupation, like the demon that possesses or occupies another body, displaced the palpitating core of African subjects
Colonialism · Decoloniality · Demon · Post colonialism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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