The politics of religious change on the upper Guinea coast :
Sarró, Ramon.
The politics of religious change on the upper Guinea coast : iconoclasm done and undone / Roman Sarró. - Edinburgh, UK : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps. - International African library ; 38 . - International African library ; 38. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Cassava Fields, Sacred Woods -- On ruins and landscape -- On African religion and iconoclasm -- living space as a remote area -- Ethnography as the art of being late -- Landlords, citizens and iconoclasts: introducing the actors and the events -- Ethnography and iconoclasm: a Rashomonian view -- Rivers and Motorways -- Language and population on the Guinean coast -- language of the spirits -- Mangrove rice: a tale of two species -- river bank -- open road -- missing wood: Baga parents and Susu children -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Coastal Mangroves in Pre-Colonial Times -- Uncles and nephews: the logics of asymmetric settlement -- Landlords, strangers and spirits -- No room for slaves? -- Contested spiritscapes -- crown of Timbo: exploring pre-colonial political imagination -- Chiefs, Customs and Territory: the Legacy of French Rule -- ^ On cultural fatigue -- delimitation of a 'Baga' territory -- Chiefs, taxes and strangers -- rise of Christianity -- Fula hegemony -- Revolt and takeover -- Despotism and political awareness -- burden of being Baga -- Conclusion -- Running and Hiding: the End of Colonialism and the Arrival of the Iconoclasts -- Youth and dance: a prelude -- rise of Islam -- stranger and the end of death -- Spiritual encounters -- Spiritual encounters of a different kind -- Farewell to the Baga -- Mande Tricksters and Transformations: from Iconoclastic Preachers to Iconoclastic Politicians -- marabout who came from the east -- Revisiting the spiritual encounters -- Routinised iconoclasm -- Once there were landlords -- On religious convergence -- Surviving Iconoclasm -- From children's games to elders' secrets: the story of the alipne -- Excursus I: iconoclasm and the centripetality of knowledge -- ^ urban social form: the story of the ressortissants -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Based on research spanning over 12 years, this title offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic religious movement initiated by a Muslim preacher among coastal Baga farmers in the French colonial period.
9780748636662 0748636668
9786612059056
205905 MIL 22573/cttk1z16 JSTOR
Religion and politics--Guinea.
Iconoclasm--Guinea.
Iconoclasm.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Theology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--General.
Iconoclasm.
Manners and customs.
Religion.
Religion and politics.
Politique.
Religions.
Vandalismus
Kunstwerk
Islam
Guinea--Religion.
Guinea--Social life and customs.
Guinea.
Guinée.
Bāǧa
Guinea
Electronic books.
BL2470.G8 / S27 2009eb
202.18096652 22
The politics of religious change on the upper Guinea coast : iconoclasm done and undone / Roman Sarró. - Edinburgh, UK : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps. - International African library ; 38 . - International African library ; 38. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Cassava Fields, Sacred Woods -- On ruins and landscape -- On African religion and iconoclasm -- living space as a remote area -- Ethnography as the art of being late -- Landlords, citizens and iconoclasts: introducing the actors and the events -- Ethnography and iconoclasm: a Rashomonian view -- Rivers and Motorways -- Language and population on the Guinean coast -- language of the spirits -- Mangrove rice: a tale of two species -- river bank -- open road -- missing wood: Baga parents and Susu children -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Coastal Mangroves in Pre-Colonial Times -- Uncles and nephews: the logics of asymmetric settlement -- Landlords, strangers and spirits -- No room for slaves? -- Contested spiritscapes -- crown of Timbo: exploring pre-colonial political imagination -- Chiefs, Customs and Territory: the Legacy of French Rule -- ^ On cultural fatigue -- delimitation of a 'Baga' territory -- Chiefs, taxes and strangers -- rise of Christianity -- Fula hegemony -- Revolt and takeover -- Despotism and political awareness -- burden of being Baga -- Conclusion -- Running and Hiding: the End of Colonialism and the Arrival of the Iconoclasts -- Youth and dance: a prelude -- rise of Islam -- stranger and the end of death -- Spiritual encounters -- Spiritual encounters of a different kind -- Farewell to the Baga -- Mande Tricksters and Transformations: from Iconoclastic Preachers to Iconoclastic Politicians -- marabout who came from the east -- Revisiting the spiritual encounters -- Routinised iconoclasm -- Once there were landlords -- On religious convergence -- Surviving Iconoclasm -- From children's games to elders' secrets: the story of the alipne -- Excursus I: iconoclasm and the centripetality of knowledge -- ^ urban social form: the story of the ressortissants -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Based on research spanning over 12 years, this title offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic religious movement initiated by a Muslim preacher among coastal Baga farmers in the French colonial period.
9780748636662 0748636668
9786612059056
205905 MIL 22573/cttk1z16 JSTOR
Religion and politics--Guinea.
Iconoclasm--Guinea.
Iconoclasm.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Theology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--General.
Iconoclasm.
Manners and customs.
Religion.
Religion and politics.
Politique.
Religions.
Vandalismus
Kunstwerk
Islam
Guinea--Religion.
Guinea--Social life and customs.
Guinea.
Guinée.
Bāǧa
Guinea
Electronic books.
BL2470.G8 / S27 2009eb
202.18096652 22
