| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Maps; Introduction; 1 The Historical Study of African Traditional Religions; 2 Encountering Esulalu: An Introduction; 3 The Origins of the Diola-Esulalu; 4 Koonjaen, Floup, and the Forging of a Diola-Esulalu Religious Tradition in the Eighteenth Century; 5 Slaves, Trade, and Religious Change in Eighteenth-Century Esulalu; 6 Strangers within Their Borders: Esulalu Religion in the Era of French Expansion, 1800-1880; 7 The Elaboration of Tradition: Esulalu Religion, 1800-1880; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: Chronology in Diola-Esulalu Oral Traditions; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
In this groundbreaking work, Robert Baum seeks to reconstruct the religious and social history of the Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when the Atlantic slave trade was at its height. Baum shows that Diola community leaders used a complex of religious shrines and priesthoods to regulate and contain the influence of the slave trade. He demonstrates how this close involvement with the traders significantly changed Diola religious life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Diola (African people) -- Religion.
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Diola (African people) -- Religion. |
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Diola (African people) |
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Slave trade -- Senegal -- Esulalu -- History.
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Slave trade. |
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Senegal -- Esulalu. |
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History. |
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Esulalu (Senegal) -- Religion.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baum, Robert Martin. Shrines of the slave trade. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999 (DLC) 98019659 |
| ISBN |
9780195352474 (electronic book) |
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0195352475 (electronic book) |
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0195123921 (Cloth) |
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9780195123920 |
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