Inside the whirlwind : the book of Job through African eyes / by Carter Jason A.

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Black music of two worlds /

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The History of Islam in Africa /

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African healing shrines and cultural psychologies /

Table of Contents: “…African healing shrines and the influence of traditional healers of Christian prayer houses in Delta State, Nigeria /…”
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The promise of hope : new and selected poems, 1964-2013 / by Awoonor, Kofi, 1935-2013

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Revelations : Africa in poetry / by Mawere, Munyaradzi

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An anthology of African and African diaspora songs / by Harper, Toy, Tullos, LaVilla

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African Sanctus / by Fanshawe, David, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…African sanctus -- Kyrie: Call to prayer -- Gloria: Bride of the Nile -- Credo: Sudanese dances & recitations -- Love song: piano solo -- Et in spiritum sanctum (choristers) -- Crucifixus: Rain song -- Sanctus: Bwala dance -- The Lord's prayer (Offertorium) -- Chants -- Agnus dei -- Call to prayer: Kyrie -- Finale & Gloria -- Dona nobis pacem: a hymn for world peace -- Et in spiritum sanctum (ladies version) -- Dona nobis pacem (short version).…”
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A history of African Christianity, 1950-1975 / by Hastings, Adrian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 1950 -- 1951-1958 -- 1959-1966 -- 1967-1975 -- Between Politics and Prayer.…”
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Contemporary Pentecostal Christianity : interpretations from an African context. / by Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena

Table of Contents: “…Clothed with power : spirit-inspired renewal and Christianity in Africa -- Signs of the spirit : worship as experience -- Jericho hour : prayer as theological interventionist strategy -- The 12/70 paradigm shift : ecclesiology in the new charismatic ministries -- "For open doors" : interpretations of giving -- Calvary to Pentecost : the cross and prosperity -- Unction to function : the reinvention of the theology of anointing -- Miracle meal : the holy communion -- Bible-believing and Bible-preaching churches -- Conclusion : "The spirit moveth."…”
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Pentecostalism in Africa : experiences from Ghana's charismatic ministries / by Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Clothed with power: spirit-inspired renewal and Christianity in Africa -- Signs of the spirit: worship as experience -- Jericho hour: prayer as theological interventionist strategy -- The 12/70 paradigm shift: ecclesiology in the new charismatic ministries -- 'For Open Doors': interpretations of giving tithes and types of offerings -- Calvary to Pentecost: the cross and prosperity -- Unction to function: the reinvention of the theology of anointing -- Miracle meal: the holy communion--encountering the power of the spirit at the meal -- Bible-believing and Bible-preaching churches -- Conclusion: 'The Spirit Moveth'.…”
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African intellectual heritage : a book of sources /

Table of Contents: “…Asante concept of the creation of the lesser gods / James Weldon Johnson -- The Creation / Nefer-rohu -- The Prophecy / Paheri -- Tomb Prayers / Selections from the Papyrus of Ani.…”

African roots /

Table of Contents: “…The Trees Bend -- Prayer for Africa -- Here Is the Lion -- Lion, Hippopotamus -- Guabi, Guabi -- Hey! …”
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Readings on Religion & Culture in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Religion, health & healing : a case study of prayer healing & exorcism among Muslims in Nigeria / Abdulrazaq Kilani -- 10. …”
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African voices on slavery and the slave trade /

Table of Contents: “…Questions to Consider; Suggested Additional Readings; Part Two The Verbal Arts and Everyday Objects; 9 Introduction: Songs, Prayers, Proverbs, and Material Culture; Songs and Prayers; Proverbs; Material Culture; 10 Singing Songs and Performing Dances with Embedded Historical Meanings in Somalia; Questions to Consider; Massewè and the Yao Chief Machinga; The Mseve and the Flight from Slavery of the Zigula; Conclusion; Suggested Additional Readings; 11 Song Lyrics as Pathways to Historical Interpretation in Northwestern Côte d'Ivoire; Background; Questions to Consider.…”
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The last free men.

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The Garland encyclopedia of world music.

Table of Contents: “…Kpelle Woi-mene-pele epic excerpt (4:27) -- Ethiopian Lidet (Christmas) celebration (3:08) -- Inanga chuchotée (whispered inanga) (4;12) -- Vai call to prayer (5:07) -- Palm-wine highlife song (2:56) -- Anlo-ewe kinka drumming (2:16) -- Anlo-ewe kinka songs (2:13) -- Maninka mansareh praise song (balabolo) including "Nyin min nyama, nyama" (5:44) -- Bala pattern of Maninka Mansareh bolo (:51) -- Maninka duwa praise song (1:15) -- Tuareg Tihadanaren (1:57) -- Tuareg tekemba song "Khadisia" (1:32) -- Basoga lusoga song "Enyhonyhi kolojo" 'Thieving birds' -- Baganda akadinda song "Gganga aluwa" 'Gganga escaped with his life' (2:26) -- Somali caayar "dhaanto," excerpt 1 (2:45). …”
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African Pentecostalism and world Christianity : essays in honor of J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu /

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 9: "One of the Greatest Prayer Weapons . . . "…”
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African gods : contemporary rituals and beliefs / by Lainé, Daniel, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…." -- Stoning for those accused of witchcraft -- Dreams as cure -- White symbolizes moral rectitude -- White, the color of rebirth -- The Zionist Christian church -- Jumping as an aid to prayer -- Fear of witches -- The griotte's story -- The balafon xylophone -- The griot's song -- Griots and the musical tradition -- The Bwiti ceremony and the role of women -- "Angels" under the influence -- The Society of Cherubim and Seraphim -- Westerners are flawed -- A mystical acrobat -- The marks of God -- Vodun, a religion of life -- Dangerous Xhosa initiation rites -- Circumcision as a rite of passage -- Woman-goddess -- Seeing is believing -- The Fela shrine -- Initiation celebrations -- The soul-eater -- The end of the world is nigh -- Polygamy and the Harrist faith -- Albert Atcho, the devil's confessor -- Shango punishes with lightning -- Noli, land of ghosts -- Fear of witchcraft-- The saber protects the Ashanto chief -- Akan gold -- Two souls -- Masks as protection -- Holy water, holy bullets -- Mystic Africa -- Lagos, capital of miracles -- Vodun fetishes.…”

African initiated Christianity and the decolonization of development : sustainable development in Pentecostal and independent churches /

Table of Contents: “…Adedibu -- The Role of Pentecostalism in Sustainable Development in South West Nigeria / Mobolaji Oyebiso Ajibade -- Aladura Churches as Agents of Social Transformation in South-West Nigeria / Akinwumi Akindolie -- Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Aladura Theology: The Case of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide / Rufus Okikiola Ositelu -- Distinguished Church Leader Essay: The Church of Pentecost and its Role in Ghanaian Society / Opoku Onyinah -- An Evaluation of Pentecostal Churches as Agents of Sustainable Development in Africa: A Case of the Church of Pentecost / Emmanuel Anim.…”
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