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Subject(s)

• Boni (African people)—Religion [Browse]
• Kenya—Religion [Browse]
• Somalia—Religion [Browse]
• Islam—Kenya [Browse]
• Islam—Somalia [Browse]

Series

• Studies on religion in Africa ; 29. [More in this series]
• Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 29

Summary note

"This volume explores the way of life of the Boni community, a hunter-gatherer people that straddle the Kenya/Somali border in East Africa. The Boni converted to Islam some fifty years ago and the reasons for this, both internal and external to the community, are identified. The book argues that former indigenous religious activity, far from having died out, is now being renegotiated so as to reflect an evolving Boni self-identity in a multi-ethnic setting as well as allowing the fermentation of resistance in the face of attempts at cultural hegemony advanced by outside forces. Employing a phenomenological approach and a methodology based on participant observation, this volume identifies three contrasting spheres of religious activity - the bush, the village centre, and individual homesteads."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• 1. The academic framework
• 2. Bargoni
• 3. The coming of Islam to Bargoni
• 4. Religious activity in the bush
• 5. Islam in the public sphere in Bargoni
• 6. Religious activity at the homestead level
• 7. Conclusion
• App. 1. Documentation and map pertaining to land allocation in the Bargoni area
• App. 2. Trees, shrubs and plants used for religious/medicinal purposes
• App. 3a. Various meanings ascribed to Bao numerology
• App. 3b. Various meanings attached to Bao tetragrams.

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ISBN

• 9004147535 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9789004147539

LCCN

^^2006043879

OCLC

65521596

RCP

H - S

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