id
	12764
Url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/12764
Modèle de ressource
	Journal article
Classe de ressource
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Titre
	From Hostage to Host: Confessions of a Spirit Medium in Niger
Sujet
	spirit
	spiritual practice
	body hopping
Editeur
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25070
Date
	2002
Type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475
Identifiant
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116295213 Q116295213
	iwac-reference-0000264
Langue
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322
Résumé
	Spirit possession ostensibly solves problems by freeing the object of possession from certain responsibilities, yet it also creates a whole nexus of unavoidable obligations as the human host learns to cope with the social, financial, and moral demands of her powerful alter ego. Rather than simplifying situations, possession complicates them by introducing new relations and enabling new forms of communication. In this article, I explore what bori possession as communication entailed for a young Mawri woman from Dogondoutchi (Niger) when her possessing spirit made dramatic revelations that forced her to make changes in her life. I show that possession opens up a space of self-awareness for mediums as they struggle to gain progressive control over the terms of their relationships with spirits. In this space of reflexivity they help create and in their role as interlocutors, accusers, or diviners, spirits play a crucial role in the refashioning of human histories and identities.
Couverture spatiale
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/540
Liste des auteurs
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1684
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1525/ETH.2002.30.1-2.49 10.1525/ETH.2002.30.1-2.49
Numéro
	1
Dernière page
	76
Première page
	49
Volume
	30

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