The Politics of Religious Change on the Upper Guinea Coast: iconoclasm done and undone

The Politics of Religious Change on the Upper Guinea Coast: iconoclasm done and undone

According to oral tradition and probably some time before the fifteenth century, Baga ancestors from the Fouta Jalon mountains migrated to the islands and mangrove swamps of present-day Guinea's Atlantic coast.

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Veröffentlicht in:Africa 2010, Vol.80 (2), p.332-333
1. Verfasser: Conrad, David C.
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Africa
African studies
Atlantic languages
Cultural anthropology
Guinea
Iconography
Muslims
Oral tradition
Politics
Religion
Religious change
Religious movements
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Spirituality
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Zusammenfassung:According to oral tradition and probably some time before the fifteenth century, Baga ancestors from the Fouta Jalon mountains migrated to the islands and mangrove swamps of present-day Guinea's Atlantic coast.
ISSN:0001-9720
1750-0184
DOI:10.3366/afr.2010.0208