Shrines of the Slave Trade Diola Religion and Society in Precolonial Senegambia

Robert M. Baum

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In this groundbreaking work, Robert Baum seeks to reconstruct the religious and social history of the Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when the Atlantic slave trade was at its height. Baum shows that Diola community leaders used a complex of religious shrines and priesthoods to regulate and contain the influence of the slave trade. He demonstrates how this close involvement with the traders significantly changed Diola religious life.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195123920
Publisher:	OUP USA
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	17 Jun 1999
DEWEY:	299.6832
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	287
Weight:	676g
Height:	149mm
Width:	250mm
Spine width:	26mm