Shrines of the Slave Trade: Diola Religion and Society in Precolonial Senegambia

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Contents......Page 12
List of Maps......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
1 The Historical Study of African Traditional Religions......Page 23
2 Encountering Esulalu: An Introduction......Page 39
I. The Organization of Daily Life......Page 40
II. Diola Religion and Social Values......Page 49
3 The Origins of the Diola-Esulalu......Page 77
4 Koonjaen, Floup, and the Forging of a Diola-Esulalu Religious Tradition in the Eighteenth Century......Page 100
5 Slaves, Trade, and Religious Change in Eighteenth-Century Esulalu......Page 123
6 Strangers within Their Borders: Esulalu Religion in the Era of French Expansion, 1800–1880......Page 145
7 The Elaboration of Tradition: Esulalu Religion, 1800–1880......Page 169
8 Conclusion......Page 188
Appendix: Chronology in Diola-Esulalu Oral Traditions......Page 200
Notes......Page 206
Glossary......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 272
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E......Page 299
K......Page 300
S......Page 301
Z......Page 302