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Revealing prophets : prophecy in Eastern African history / edited by David M. Anderson and Douglas H. Johnson - x, 310 pages : maps ; 22 cm - Eastern African studies . - Eastern African studies (London, England) .

Table of Contents

1. Revealing Prophets / Douglas H. Johnson and David M. Anderson

Part. 1. Prophetic Idioms.
2. Kidongoi's Kin: Prophecy & Power in Maasailand / Richard D. Waller.
3. Fertility as Power: Spirit Mediums, Priestesses & the Precolonial State in Interlacustrine East Africa / Iris Berger.
4. The Frontiers of Prophecy: Healing, the Cosmos & Islam on the East African Coast in the Nineteenth Century / David Sperling.
5. Modern Zande Prophetesses / Margaret Buckner

Part. 2. Colonial Historiographies.
6. Maji-Maji: Prophecy & Historiography / Marcia Wright.
7. The Colonial Control of Spirit Cults in Uganda / Holger Bernt Hansen.
8. Visions of the Vanquished: Prophets & Colonialism in Kenya's Western Highlands / David M. Anderson

Part. 3. Prophetic Histories.
9. The Prophet Ngundeng & the Battle of Pading: Prophecy, Symbolism & Historical Evidence / Douglas H. Johnson.
10. 'What is the World Going to Come to?': Prophecy & Colonialism in Central Kenya / Charles Ambler.
11. The Prayers of Waiyaki: Political Uses of the Kikuyu Past / John Lonsdale

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 0852557183 0852557175

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prophets--History--Africa, East

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, East--Religion

Dewey Class. No.: 291.63 / REV