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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Main Author: Warkentin, Raija (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2001
In: Missiology
Year: 2001, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-163
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