Overtly Muslim, covertly Boni : competing calls of religious allegiance on the Kenyan coast / by Mark R.J. Falkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, Mark R. J.

Series:

Studies on religion in Africa ; 29.

Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boni (African people)--Religion.

Boni (African people).

Islam--Kenya.

Islam.

Islam--Somalia.

Kenya--Religion.

Kenya.

Somalia--Religion.

Somalia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the way of life of the Boni community, a hunter-gatherer people that straddle the Kenya/Somali border in East Africa. The Boni converted to Islam some fifty years ago and the reasons for this, both internal and external to the community, are identified. The book argues that former indigenous religious activity, far from having died out, is now being renegotiated so as to reflect an evolving Boni self-identity in a multi-ethnic setting as well as allowing the fermentation of resistance in the face of attempts at cultural hegemony advanced by outside forces. Employing a phenomenological approach and a methodology based on participant observation, this volume identifies three contrasting spheres of religious activity - the bush, the village centre, and individual homesteads.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS AND TABLES

GLOSSARY

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE THE ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER TWO BARGONI

CHAPTER THREE THE COMING OF ISLAM TO BARGONI

CHAPTER FOUR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE BUSH

CHAPTER FIVE ISLAM IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN BARGONI

CHAPTER SIX RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY AT THE HOMESTEAD LEVEL

CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX ONE Documentation and Map Pertaining to Land Allocation in the Bargoni Area

APPENDIX TWO Trees, Shrubs and Plants used for Religious/Medicinal Purposes

Appendix Three, (a) Various Meanings (b) Various Meanings

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-39686-9

9786611396862

90-474-0849-7

OCLC:

319492600

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047408499 DOI