Memory and Alterity in Zar: Religious Contact and Change in the Sudan

Drawing on long-term ethnographic research in the Blue Nile town of Sennar, supported by archival and historical documentation, this article explores the history of Zar spirit possession in Sudan, and the light this throws on the interplay of religions over the past 150 years. Life history data supp...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
Main Author: Susan M Kenyon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2019-06-01
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Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8323