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...Spirits, Bodies, and Performance in Belgian Congo This chapter uses archival documents as well as personal interviews to examine spirit-induced trembling (zakama) in the context of prophetic movements (kingunza) as a site of political contestation between the church, the colonial state...

... legitimacy gained from the religious realm to subvert Belgian colonial authority. Thus, Kongo bodies were used as key weapons of resistance against Western missionaries and an oppressive colonial state. Kimbangu prophets trembling missions Belgian Congo ...

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... movement, leading to disapproval from the colonial administration. prophets dance morality religion Belgian Congo ...

... Set in Leopold’s Congo, this sensory reading explores how this rubber regime was lived, perceived, investigated, and heard , especially in the Abir concession. Novel evidence on sexual economies anchors the analysis with the attempted rape of Boali, plus her testimony about her foot being cut...

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... in sparkling sessions with live bands, crowded dance floors, and beer. medical censusing Belgian Africa colonial flânerie bar life fanfares brass bands Henri Bowane ...

... likely to raise the American rather than the Belgian flag at holiday time. Also under investigation was a Kimbangu-like man under hospital (psychiatric) observation and a métisse woman with a pleasure-seeking, dance and fashion association, Amicale. The security shakedown in Coquilhatville went...

... underwent arrest, becoming a rélegué who underwent security removal. Variants from archives and memory work include a spurned wife who underwent leopard attack (spirit possession) before producing crowds. A Belgian magistrate of letters aligned her with history, violence, porterage, and rape, psychiatric...