The Politics of Religious Change on the Upper Guinea Coast: iconoclasm done and undone

According to oral tradition and probably some time before the fifteenth century, Baga ancestors from the Fouta Jalon mountains migrated to the islands and mangrove swamps of present-day Guinea's Atlantic coast.

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Published inAfrica Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 332 - 333
Main Author Conrad, David C.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2010
Edinburgh University Press
Subjects
Africa
African studies
Atlantic languages
Cultural anthropology
Guinea
Iconography
Muslims
Oral tradition
Politics
Religion
Religious change
Religious movements
REVIEWS OF BOOKS
Spirituality
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Summary:According to oral tradition and probably some time before the fifteenth century, Baga ancestors from the Fouta Jalon mountains migrated to the islands and mangrove swamps of present-day Guinea's Atlantic coast.
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SarróRamon, The Politics of Religious Change on the Upper Guinea Coast: iconoclasm done and undone. London: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute (hb £50 – ISBN 978 0 74863 515 3). 2009, 264 pp.
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ISSN:0001-9720
1750-0184
DOI:10.3366/afr.2010.0208