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   ‘Every disease has its cure’: faith and HIV therapies in Islamic northern Nigeria

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jack Ume Tocco --- Department of Anthropology, United States

   Northern Nigeria has one of the highest levels of HIV prevalence among societies that are predominantly Muslim. In the last decade the region has experienced marked expansion of religiously-oriented healing practices following the formal adoption of Islamic sharia law. Since...

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   The dynamics and digitisation of religious testimonies: a case of prophetic ministries in Botswana

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Gabriel Faimau --- Department of Sociology, Botswana

   A major element in the religious practice of believers in prophetic Christianity is the sharing of religious testimonies. Focusing on prophetic ministries in Botswana, this paper examines the nature and function of religious testimonies and the dynamics of their digitisation...

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   The Prophet in Music: Lyrical Representations of the Shepherd Bushiri Discourse

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ken Junior Lipenga --- , Malawi

   Music plays various roles in contemporary Africa. This paper examines a specific role — how songs contribute to the public image of a specific personality, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri. The paper argues that the image that people have come to know...

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