Revealing prophets : prophecy in Eastern African history / edited by David M. Anderson and Douglas H. Johnson
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TextSeries: Eastern African studies (London, England)Publisher: London : James Curry, c1995Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, c1995Description: x, 310 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0852557183; 0852557175Subject(s): Prophets -- Africa, East -- History | Africa, East -- ReligionDDC classification: 291.63
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| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archives Centre | 291.63 REV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn Item | 96-276 |
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
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