Revealing Prophets: Prophecy in Eastern African History

Abstract

Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson what is the world going to come to? - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.

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