o:id
	12764
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/12764
o:resource_template
	Journal article
o:resource_class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
dcterms:title
	From Hostage to Host: Confessions of a Spirit Medium in Niger
dcterms:subject
	spirit
	spiritual practice
	body hopping
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25070
dcterms:date
	2002
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8475
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116295213 Q116295213
	iwac-reference-0000264
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	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.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1684
bibo:doi
	https://doi.org/10.1525/ETH.2002.30.1-2.49 10.1525/ETH.2002.30.1-2.49
bibo:issue
	1
bibo:pageEnd
	76
bibo:pageStart
	49
bibo:volume
	30

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