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African Studies Quarterly, 1998

April 2, 2016; 10:30–11 am Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger and Professor Rebecca Gearhart will offer... more April 2, 2016; 10:30–11 am Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger and Professor Rebecca Gearhart will offer a shared program on how anthropology intersects with Evelyn Chapel’s commitment to multifaith engagement. They will focus on an Alternative Spring Break to Rosebud Reservation and Sinte Gleska University in March 2014, and the 2015-2016 on-campus series Intersections: A Walking Exploration of Contemporary Religious Practices. Presenters: Rebecca Gearhart, Professor of Anthropology & Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Elyse Nelson Winger, University Chaplain Student Respondents: Sana Shafiuddin ’17, Nursing major Lisa Mishra ’15, Economics & Religion double majorhttps://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jensen\_inauguration/1016/thumbnail.jp

Kronos: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Synthesis, Nov 1, 2015

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Dec 31, 2013

The Swahili of Lamu, Kenya, understand illness as the result of a spiritual imbalance caused by p... more The Swahili of Lamu, Kenya, understand illness as the result of a spiritual imbalance caused by personal transgression or an attack by harmful forces directed by an envious person. Another underlying component of the Swahili concept of illness is that each person’s physical body operates in conjunction with personal attributes that are fixed at birth and determine moral character, behavior, and predisposition to ailments. When physical symptoms occur, the Swahili focus on identifying the human or supernatural entity that caused the illness in consultation with a range of healers who specialize in a variety of curing strategies. Two case studies illustrate how culturally congruent nursing care can be achieved when health care providers understand the Swahili framework of diagnosing and treating illness.

African Studies Review, Dec 1, 2005

Africa Today, Dec 1, 2005

Africa Today, 2005

B O O K R EV EW S 90 Despite my misgivings, this book will be very useful to anyone studying U.N.... more B O O K R EV EW S 90 Despite my misgivings, this book will be very useful to anyone studying U.N. development programs in Africa, and to a lesser extent, the economic conditions in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a signifi cant contribution to scholarly literature on the United Nations. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in U.N. development policies in Africa. Loveness Schafer Mark Schafer Louisiana State University

The Journal of African History, Jun 9, 2016

The Swahili Expressive Arts collection represents the research and scholarship of Professor Rebec... more The Swahili Expressive Arts collection represents the research and scholarship of Professor Rebecca Gearhart, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University. Professor Gearhart has worked with members of the community of Lamu, Kenya for twenty years, and in this collection she has selected images that represent aspects of Swahili ceremonial life on the northern coast of Kenya. The Swahili Expressive Arts collection is meant to be a possible starting point for student and scholar research on some of the Sufi-inspired practices that contemporary Swahili communities in the Lamu archipelago and adjacent mainland carry on into the present

Lines of Swahili men dressed in ceremonial dress perform Maulidi ya Rama (swaying and bending Mau... more Lines of Swahili men dressed in ceremonial dress perform Maulidi ya Rama (swaying and bending Mauldi) in praise of the Prophet Muhammad. Regularly performed competitively in the past, today Maulidi ya Rama is a popular way to celebrate the Prophet\u27s birth during the annual Maulidi celebrations.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/sea/1017/thumbnail.jp

Zamuni dancers enter the dance space at a performance in honor of the Prophet Muhammad at the ann... more Zamuni dancers enter the dance space at a performance in honor of the Prophet Muhammad at the annual Maulidi celebrations in Takaungu.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/sea/1039/thumbnail.jp

In the midst of spectators, contestants prepare for the annual donkey race, one of the highlights... more In the midst of spectators, contestants prepare for the annual donkey race, one of the highlights of the annual Maulidi celebration in Lamu, Kenya.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/sea/1007/thumbnail.jp

Groups of Swahili men, donned in ceremonial white robes (kanzu) and embroidered caps (kofia), sin... more Groups of Swahili men, donned in ceremonial white robes (kanzu) and embroidered caps (kofia), sing praises in honor of the Prophet Muhammad to the beat of the tambourine (twari).https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/sea/1028/thumbnail.jp