Begging as Resistance: Wealth and Christian Missionaries in Postcolonial Zaire
This article is ethnographic in scope, describing the complex relationship between the Bira and the missionaries regarding material wealth. The Bira are a horticultural people of northeastern Zaire. Like some other indigenous peoples of Africa, the Bira came to view missionaries as cannibals and als...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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Missiology
Year: 2001, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-163 |
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