5-0885 RELIGION, DOGMA AND SPIRITUALITY ACROSS AFRICA: CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 16:00-17:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Chair: David B Coplan (University of the Witwatersrand)

16:00

Erasing History: The Destruction of African Christian Communities In South Africa 1851-1983

David B Coplan (University of the Witwatersrand)

16:15

Okoroshi 2009—a Critical Incident and Cultural Conditioning In the Art of Masquerade

Sabine Jell-Bahlsen (Ogbuide Films)

16:30

The Rise and Fall of a Spirit Shrine In Guinea Bissau (or the Battle of the Sexes)

Margaret L Buckner (Missouri State University)

16:45

Crossing a Threshold In Ghana: Performing Politics with a Curse

Beverly J Stoeltje PhD (Indiana Univ)

17:00

Climbing the Mountain Inward: The Construction of An Efficacious Imaginary In Nigerian Pentecostalism

Adedamola O Osinulu (University of Michigan)

17:15

Reproducing Legacies of Gender, Altruism, and Piety In Senegal: Banning Excessive Spending In Family Ceremonies

Emily Jenan Riley (Michigan State University)

17:30

Discussion

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