Vodún/Vodu, resistance, and north/south relations in undemocratic Togo
Abstract Vodún/Vodu have long served as a “way of life” and ontology for making sense of the world along the Bight of Benin, and in the Caribbean and Atlantic world where many slaves were brought. In Togo, the core ethnic groups, the Ewes, continue to turn inward toward Vodún/Vodu traditions as mech...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 224-248 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gnassingbé, Faure 1966-
/ Togo
/ Politics
/ The North
/ Autocracy
/ Ewe (People)
/ South
/ Voodooism
/ Resistance
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Vodún
B Benin B Vodu B Togo B Democracy B Peace |
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