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

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. 0195123921......Page 1 Contents......Page 12 List of Maps......Page 14 Introduction......Page 18 1 The Historical Study of African Traditional Religions......Page 23 2 Encountering Esulalu: An Introduction......Page 39 I. The Organization of Daily Life......Page 40 II. Diola Religion and Social Values......Page 49 3 The Origins of the Diola-Esulalu......Page 77 4 Koonjaen, Floup, and the Forging of a Diola-Esulalu Religious Tradition in the Eighteenth Century......Page 100 5 Slaves, Trade, and Religious Change in Eighteenth-Century Esulalu......Page 123 6 Strangers within Their Borders: Esulalu Religion in the Era of French Expansion, 1800–1880......Page 145 7 The Elaboration of Tradition: Esulalu Religion, 1800–1880......Page 169 8 Conclusion......Page 188 Appendix: Chronology in Diola-Esulalu Oral Traditions......Page 200 Notes......Page 206 Glossary......Page 266 Bibliography......Page 272 B......Page 298 E......Page 299 K......Page 300 S......Page 301 Z......Page 302 Oxford University Press, USA 0195123921 1 Contents 12 List of Maps 14 Introduction 18 1 The Historical Study of African Traditional Religions 23 2 Encountering Esulalu: An Introduction 39 I. The Organization of Daily Life 40 II. Diola Religion and Social Values 49 3 The Origins of the Diola-Esulalu 77 4 Koonjaen, Floup, and the Forging of a Diola-Esulalu Religious Tradition in the Eighteenth Century 100 5 Slaves, Trade, and Religious Change in Eighteenth-Century Esulalu 123 6 Strangers within Their Borders: Esulalu Religion in the Era of French Expansion, 1800–1880 145 7 The Elaboration of Tradition: Esulalu Religion, 1800–1880 169 8 Conclusion 188 Appendix: Chronology in Diola-Esulalu Oral Traditions 200 Notes 206 Glossary 266 Bibliography 272 Index 298 A 298 B 298 C 299 D 299 E 299 F 300 G 300 H 300 I 300 J 300 K 300 L 301 M 301 N 301 O 301 P 301 Q 301 R 301 S 301 T 302 V 302 W 302 Y 302 Z 302 ISBN-13:,9780195123920