Nathalie Arnold Koenings

Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast

Uchawi in Pemba

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traces changing visions of mystical power and authority on the island of Pemba, whose people's reputed resistance to outside rule has shaped the national narratives of both Zanzibar and Tanzania.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: James Currey
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 1g
• ISBN-13: 9781847013842
• ISBN-10: 1847013848
• Artikelnr.: 69729726

Autorenporträt

Nathalie Arnold Koenings

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I POWER 1. Kichawi dogsand Colonial Thinking 2. Ordinary
Sorcery: The First Four Rooms of Uchawi's House 3. 'We Come to You Only as
a Test': Uganga in Uchawi 4. The Sixth and Seventh Rooms: From Righteous
Flight to Giving Lives in Turn 5. Uchawi as it Was: Power, Humour, Agony
PART 2 CRISIS 6. Revolution: Political Change and Mystical Authority 7. The
Poetics of Loss: Hunger, Commodification, and the Withdrawal of Magic Books
PART 3 TRANSFORMATIONS 8. Emergenc(i)es: Politics and the Unseen 9. Islamic
Revival, Dividing Jinns, and the New Uchawi Conclusion: Locating Pemba
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