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Remains of Ritual, Steven M. Friedson s second book on musical experience in African ritual, focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. Friedson presents a …
For generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam's compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But …
In Guinea's capital city of Conakry, dance is everywhere. Most neighborhoods boast at least one dance troupe, and members of those troupes animate the city's major rites of passage …
West African history is inseparable from the history of the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. According to historical archaeologist Francois Richard, however, the dominance of …
Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently expressed through the idiom "e;to be a man is not a one-day job."e; But while men talk …
Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, …
When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by …
While living in West Africa in the 1970s, John Chernoff recorded the stories of "e;Hawa,"e; a spirited and brilliant but uneducated woman whose insistence on being …
After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that Jesus is the answer. But if Jesus is the answer, …
Most women in the West use contraceptives in order to avoid having children. But in rural Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, many women use contraceptives for the …