A Matter of Time: Spirit Possession and the Temporalities of School in Niger
The past decade has witnessed a proliferation of incidents of mass possession among schoolgirls in Niger. Possession by revengeful spirits dramatizes the controversies surrounding women's education. During exorcism, possessing spirits speak of the homes they lost when trees were cut to build sc...
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2020]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 122-145 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Niger
/ Pupil
/ Possession
/ Islam
/ Sexual ethics
/ Deforestation
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBE Anthropology NBH Angelology; demonology NCF Sexual ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Spirit Possession
B Spirits B memory work B Schooling B Girls |
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