22 research outputs found
GRAY, Richard, Black Christians and White Missionaries, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1991, 134 pp., US $20.00, 0 300 04910 2
No full textHoly Praiseco: Negotiating Sacred and Popular Music and dance in African Pentecostalism
Get PDFOne of the biggest attractions of the Pentecostal movement is its liturgy, which is partly expressed through music and dance. The growth of the popularity of Pentecostal music in Africa has been phenomenal. Its impact on the general music scene and the society in general is seen in the number of high-profile secular or "juju" musicians who have become gospel singers, evangelists and pastors. It has also affected politicians andthe celebrants of rites of passage who borrow freely from gospel music and dance. Focusing on this aspect of the movement this article explores how Pentecostal music and dance traditions have attempted to supplant the "disco" music and dance of discotheques. It traces how the new musical tradition or gospel music originated and developed and how the Pentecostals who were initially wary of popular cultures negotiated between sacred and popular music and dance
OKPEWHO, Isidore, Myth in Africa: a study of its aesthetic and cultural relevance, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983, x, 305 pp., 422-50, 0 521 24544 0
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Finding a Social Voice: The Church and Marxism in Africa. By Joseph C. McKenna. New York: Fordham University Press, 1997. xii + 255 pp. 18.00 paper.
No full textMatthews A. Ojo. The End-Time Army: Charismatic Movements in Modern Nigeria. Religion in Contemporary Africa series. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2006. xxii + 292 pp. Photographs. Tables. Notes. Sources and Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.
No full textAFRICAN RELIGIONS IN WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
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