Susan M Kenyon

Memory and Alterity in Zar: Religious Contact and Change in the Sudan

Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer June 24, 2019 Susan M Kenyon 1 citation

Drawing on long-term ethnographic research in the Blue Nile town of Sennar, supported by archival and historical documentation, this article explores the history of Zar spirit possession in Sudan, and the light this throws on the interplay of religions over the past 150 years. Life history data supports the argument that contemporary Zar is grounded in forms and rituals derived from the ranks...