In pursuit of tradition: Local cults and religious conversion among the Sambla of Burkina Faso

This dissertation addresses the construction of identity among the Sambla, a Mande speaking group of western Burkina Faso, in relation to religious shifts of affiliation. Past religious regional movements in the Volta region and contemporary religious changes among the Sambla show that local identities are produced by people who do not perceive a disjunction between local culture and wider cultural processes and forms of power. My overall concern in this thesis is the macrocosmic dimension of local religious practices.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Royer, Patrick Yves

Contributors dc:contributor

• Saul, Mahir

• Religion, General
• Anthropology, Cultural
• History, African

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Royer, Patrick Yves

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591200218
AAI9712424
(UMI)AAI9712424

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20153