Prophet Harris, the ʻBlack Elijahʼ of West Africa
This comprehensive study of West Africa's famed Prophet Harris exploits unused sources, revealing Bible-inspired messianism as the source of massive religious innovation and modernization, and well-intentioned missionary responses to his impact as the source of long-standing Ivoirian religious contentions.
collective biographies
xv, 309 pages ; 25 cm.
9789004099807, 9004099808
0169-9814
30667747