Woensdag 04 December 2013

Scholars of Africa have noticed how bureaucratic, record-keeping states of the sort introduced in colonial times have interacted with techniques of governance in which oracles, rituals and other aspects of religion played a prominent role. Since most colonial territories in Africa acquired independence, the official apparatus of government, in which law and bureaucratic administration play a key role, has continued to coexist with techniques and institutions related to religious cosmologies. At the same time, new types of religious movement, such as Pentecostalism and Islamism, have emerged in many places. Please register.

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