Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria: Beautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous

by Nimi Wariboko

Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria explores how the sacred plays itself out in contemporary Africa. It offers a creative analysis of the logics and dynamics of the sacred (understood as the constellation of im/possibility available to a given community) in religion, politics, epistemology, economic development, and reactionary violence. Using the tools of philosophy, postcolonial criticism, political theory, African studies, religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253066425
• ISBN13: 9780253066428
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"