Author Question: According to Rachel Mueller in The Worst Lover: Boyfriend Spirits in Senegal, the more common ... (Read 113 times)

nenivikky · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

According to Rachel Mueller in The Worst Lover: Boyfriend Spirits in Senegal, the more common religion in Senegal is the Sufi sect of Islam.

However, it is not uncommon for young women to be possessed by jealous and vindictive boyfriend spirits called faru rab, who make women act crazy and take off all of their clothes.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

In The Worst Lover: Boyfriend Spirits in Senegal, Mueller notes that, in Lbou religious tradition, the rab originally coexisted in harmony with humans, but became angered by their practice of Islam.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.