Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings
Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba
Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba
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Pemba, the second largest island of Zanzibar, has a reputation for mystical power and authority, but its mystical world is increasingly conflicted due to changing visions of power and authority. This ethnography follows Pemban notions of invisible and worldly power through the Zanzibar Revolution, the trials of multiparty democracy, the rise of Islamic revival, and intensifying neoliberalism, arguing that nations and the grammars that underwrite them are made in and by their peripheries.
Format: Hardback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 25 June 2024
Publisher: James Currey
Traces Changing Visions of Mystical Power and Authority on the Island of Pemba
Pemba, the second-largest island of Zanzibar, has been known for its rich and dangerous knowledge for over two centuries. Despite its reputation for piety and deep Islamic knowledge, mystical work and power, often referred to as magic, witchcraft, or sorcery, have played a significant role in the island's identity and its quest for worldly power. Today, as traditional methods of securing agency are challenged and new ways emerge, the mystical world is a complex and conflicted realm where the nature of power, ethical action, and reality itself is constantly being reframed.
This luminous ethnography follows Pemban notions of invisible and worldly power through the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964, the trials of multiparty democracy, the rise of Islamic revival, and the intensification of neoliberalism. Through an exploration of rural imaginings of power, it argues that nations and the grammars that underwrite them are made in and by their peripheries, which give the center shape. Highlighting the intersections of mystical practices, religion, and politics-as-such on the Swahili Coast, the book contributes new perspectives to studies of the imagination, power, and religious transformation in Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the larger Islamic world.
Weight: 1g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781847013842
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