Divination: Epistemology, Agency, and Identity in Contemporary Urban West Africa
Based on fieldwork in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, undertaken in 1997 and 2009, as well as residence in the country in periods that spanned two decades, this study of contemporary urban divination in West Africa shows that it thrives even in the ethnically heterogeneous and religiously plural city. In st...
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Religion compass
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 921-934 |
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