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Oath-Taking and the Role of African Traditional Religion in Human Trafficking

Oath-Taking and the Role of African Traditional Religion in Human Trafficking

Rahina Muazu
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799892823|ISBN10: 1799892824|EISBN13: 9781799892830
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch010
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Muazu, Rahina. "Oath-Taking and the Role of African Traditional Religion in Human Trafficking." Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking, edited by Essien D. Essien, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 143-162. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch010

APA

Muazu, R. (2022). Oath-Taking and the Role of African Traditional Religion in Human Trafficking. In E. Essien (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking (pp. 143-162). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch010

Chicago

Muazu, Rahina. "Oath-Taking and the Role of African Traditional Religion in Human Trafficking." In Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking, edited by Essien D. Essien, 143-162. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch010

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Abstract

There is relatively little empirical research into the supernatural enforcement of an agreement between two parties through the swearing of ritual oaths before a deity that belongs to the African traditional religion cosmology. An emerging but vibrant body of qualitative work has explored different aspects of ritual oath-taking as a method of control used by certain traffickers to keep their victims in perpetual bondage. Employing the epistemological sources of tradition, reason, experience, and community's interpenetration and interpretation, this study demonstrates that traffickers are simply utilizing commonly held beliefs and practices within ATR to exploit their victims and encourage human trafficking. Findings reveal that despite the current trends toward civilization, globalism, and modernity, the role of the spiritual realm in human affairs (human trafficking) bound with the high place given to ritual and symbolism remains critical in trafficking enterprise in the African worldview, regardless of the religious affiliation.

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