Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and archival data,
Indigeneity in African Religions explores the historical origins,
worldviews, cosmologies, ritual symbolism and praxis of the indigenous
Oza people in South West Nigeria. The author's locationality and
positionality plugs the book within decolonizing knowledges and
indigeneity discourses, thus unpacking the complexity of
“indigeneity” and contributing to its conceptual understanding
within socioreligious change in contemporary Africa. The future of Oza
indigeneity in the face of modernity is illuminated against the
backlash of encounters, contestations with multiple hegemonies,
transmissions of Christianity and Islam and indigenous
(re)appropriations. Thus, any theorizations of such encounters must be
cognizant of instantiations of indigeneity politics and identity,
culture, tradition and power dynamics. Through decolonizing burdens of
history, memory and method, Afe Adogame demonstrates a framework of
understanding Oza indigenous religious,sociocultural and political
imaginaries.
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Oza Worldviews, Cosmologies and Religious Cultures
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350008281
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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