{"product_id":"west-africas-women-of-god-alinesitoue-and-the-diola-prophetic-tradition-hardback-9780253017673","title":"West Africa's Women of God; Alinesitoué and the Diola Prophetic Tradition (Hardback) 9780253017673","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWest Africa's Women of God\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAlinesitoué and the Diola Prophetic Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert M. Baum (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253017673\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages, 6 b\u0026amp;w illus., 4 maps, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a superb book and an important contribution to the literature on African religion.\"—\u003ci\u003eNova Religio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book importantly demonstrates that a religious system oriented around female prophets emerged among the rice cultivators of Senegambia. Baum's claim that it is a uniquely West African tradition will hopefully inspire others to explore similar practices of messianic revelation along the Guinea Coast.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A masterful and meticulous study of religious history.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The whole of West Africa's Women of God represents an exceptional and long-awaited monograph. The quality of Baum's research and writing alike solidify this book as a tour de force that sets an exceedingly high standard for scholars to follow.\"—\u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]his intelligibly constructed and well-structured book will be useful to scholars of African religions, cultural anthropologists, and theologians alike. The field of African religious studies would certainly diminish without its contributions.\"—\u003ci\u003eReading Religion (JAAR)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Baum (African and African American studies and religion, Dartmouth) focuses on the history of women prophets who came into prominence after WW I with the increasing oversight of French colonial officials. Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A masterful book that explores a little known part of Africa and makes it the showcase for transformative changes involving colonial agents, local subjects, religious narratives, and unpredictable outcomes.\"—Bruce Lawrence, author of The Qur'an: A Biography\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWest Africa's Women of God \u003c\/i\u003eis an important intervention in scholarship on African religious traditions, women's movements in West Africa, and histories and cultures of Diola peoples.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of West African History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest Africa's Women of God \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day. Robert M. Baum charts the evolution of this movement from its origins as an exclusively male tradition to one that is largely female. He traces the response of Diola to the distinct challenges presented by conquest, colonial rule, and the post-colonial era. Looking specifically at the work of the most famous Diola woman prophet, Alinesitoué, Baum addresses the history of prophecy in West Africa and its impact on colonialism, the development of local religious traditions, and the role of women in religious communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e 1. Prophets, Gender, and Religious Change among the Diola of Senegambia \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Diola: An Ethnographic Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 3. Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola Prophets in Precolonial Senegambia \u003cbr\u003e 4. Women Prophets, Colonization, and the Creation of Community Shrines of Emitai, 1890–1913 \u003cbr\u003e 5. Prophetism at the Peak of Colonial Rule, 1914–1939 \u003cbr\u003e 6. Alinesitoué Diatta and the Crisis of the War Years, 1939–1944 \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Prophetic Teachings of Alinesitoué, Her Successors, and a Contested Diola Prophetic Tradition \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Glossary \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523958796568,"sku":"9780253017673","price":45.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/west-africas-women-of-god-alinesitoue-and-the-diola-prophetic-tradition-hardback-9780253017673","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}