Course Literature (Reading List)

African Studies: Religion and Politics in African Societies (AS3023)

Literature

• Berge, L. & Taddia, I. (eds.). (2013). Themes in modern African history and culture: festschrift for Tekeste Negash. 1st ed. Padova: Libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni. ISBN: 978-88-6292-363-7

  Reading instructions:Selected pages, pp. 31–123, 301–318
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• Chelati Dirar, U. & Pallaver, K. (eds.). (2024). Africa as method : a handbook of sources and epistemologies. 1st ed. Singapore: Springer. ISBN: 9789819757664

  Reading instructions:Available online at DU Univ. Library. Optional, individual selections c. 50 p. /Obligatory: The First Muslims in Africa? Sources and Methods Regarding the Hijra to Abyssinia Torsten Hylén Pages 63-77 Missionary Sources and African History: the Case of Two Swedish Lutheran Missions Lars Folke Berge Pages 105-123
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• Grillo, L. S., Ndzovu, H. J. & Klinken, A. V. (2019). Religions in contemporary Africa : an introduction. 1st ed. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9780815365792
  Book / Anthology
• Robinson, D. (2004). Muslim societies in African history. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521826276
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• Westerlund, D. (2006). African indigenous religions and disease causation: from spiritual beings to living humans. 1st ed. Leiden: Brill. ISBN: 9004144331

  Reading instructions:Selected pages, c,. 100 p. Optional.

  Other:Available as e-book
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• Compendium of articles to be discussed at seminars (c. 150 p.).
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