Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas Covington-Ward Yolanda
The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and transformation of…
Specifikacia Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas Covington-Ward Yolanda
The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and transformation of social relationships and political and economic power. Among other topics, the essays examine the dynamics of religious and racial identity among Brazilian Neo-Pentecostals, the significance of cloth coverings in Islamic practice in northern Nigeria, the ethics of socially engaged hip hop lyrics by Black Muslim artists in Britain, ritual dance performances among Mama Tchamba devotees in Togo, and how If practitioners from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the United States join together in a shared spiritual ethnicity. From possession and spirit-induced trembling to dance, the contributors outline how embodied religious practices are central to expressing and shaping interiority
Africa and its Global Diaspora
Migration and Development in Africa
BRICS and Resistance in Africa
Anxiety in and about Africa
States and Power in Africa