Affiliation:
1. Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee Knoxville USA
2. Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape South Africa
Abstract
Abstract
This article explores the modern-day festival as a timely site for analyzing the politics of indigenous cultural and religious presence in postcolonial and neoliberal Africa. Focusing on the ancient Osun Osogbo Festival and the newer Calabar Carnival and Festival in Nigeria, it raises broader questions of how indigenous religion gets reframed as culture, heritage, and tourist commodity for local, national, and international audiences. Attention is paid to the multiple debates over festival content and representation in the context of local political, economic, and religious interests. The article ultimately makes the case for more comparative research on what may be termed the “festivalization of religion” and how this development relates to questions of “public religion” and “civil religion” in the contemporary African context.
Funder
The Research Council of Norway
African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies
Subject
Religious studies,History
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