GENDER, POWER AND THE SACRED: WOMEN’S NEGOTIATION OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND ROLES IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
JALINGO HISTORICAL REVIEW August 24, 2026 Peter Anakobe Adinoyi, Akighir Caleb Akighir
This article examines how women in African Traditional Religion (ATR) negotiate religious authority, sacred roles, and spiritual power within patriarchal cosmological and social structures. It argues that women are neither passive subjectsofreligiousexclusion noruncritical beneficiaries of sacred inclusion; rather,theyoccupydynamic,contested, and at times transformative positions within ATR....