The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
Print version: Covington-Ward, Yolanda. Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo. Durham : Duke University Press, 2016 The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people ISBN 9780822360209
Includes bibliographical references and index
Neither native nor stranger : places, encounters, prophecies -- "A war between soldiers and prophets" : embodied resistance in colonial Belgian Congo, 1921 -- Threatening gestures, immoral bodies : Kingunza after Kimbangu -- Dancing with the invisible : everyday performances under Mobutu Sese Seko -- Dancing disorder in Mobutu’s Zaire : animation politique and gendered nationalisms -- Bundu dia Kongo and embodied revolutions : performing Kongo pride -- Transforming modern society.