Revealing prophets : prophecy in Eastern African history

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Revealing prophets : prophecy in Eastern African history

edited by David M. Anderson & Douglas H. Johnson

（Eastern African studies）

James Curry , Ohio University Press, 1995

  • : us
  • : us, pbk
  • : uk, cased
  • : uk, pbk

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Bibliography: p. 292-302

Includes index

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Volume

: us ISBN 9780821410882

Description

This book examines the richly textured histories of prophets and prophecies within East Africa. It gives an analytical account of the significantly different forms prophecy has taken over the past century across the country. Each of the chapters takes a new look at the active dialogue between prophets and the communities whom they addressed. This dialogue continues today as the politicians and activists throughout the region still look to prophetic traditions, garnering interpretations of the past in order to provide the validation of prophetic wisdom and heroes for the present.
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: us, pbk ISBN 9780821410899

Description

This book examines the richly textured histories of prophets and prophecies within East Africa. It gives an analytical account of the significantly different forms prophecy has taken over the past century across the country. Each of the chapters takes a new look at the active dialogue between prophets and the communities whom they addressed. This dialogue continues today as the politicians and activists throughout the region still look to prophetic traditions, garnering interpretations of the past in order to provide the validation of prophetic wisdom and heroes for the present.
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: uk, pbk ISBN 9780852557174

Description

A new way for historians and anthropologists to study both prophets and prophecy. The purpose of this book is to move towards a clearer understanding of the history of prophets within the region of East Africa, and to give an analytical account of the different forms prophecy has taken over the years from placeto place. The book takes a new look at the active dialogue between the prophets and the communities whom they addressed. It suggests that this dialogue continues today as politicians and activists throughout the region still lookto prophetic traditions, garnering interpretations of the past in order to provide the validation of prophetic wisdom and heroes for the present. North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller
  • fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger
  • the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling
  • modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright
  • the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen
  • visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson
  • "What is the world going to come to?" - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler
  • prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.
Volume

: uk, cased ISBN 9780852557181

Description

The purpose of this book is to move towards a clearer understanding of the history of prophets within the region of East Africa, and to give an analytical account of the different forms prophecy has taken in different places. Thebook takes a new look atthe active dialogue between the prophets and the communities whom they addressed. It suggests that this dialogue continues today as politicians and activists throughout the region still look to prophetic traditions, garnering interpretations of the past in order to provide the validation of prophetic wisdom and heroes for the present.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller
  • fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger
  • the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling
  • modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright
  • the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen
  • visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson
  • "what is the world going to come to?" - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler
  • prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.

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