Todjai Manga
Jola · mortal · Jola traditional religion; continuing · mortal
Todjai Manga is the most prominent of the recent Jola prophets, described as the most successful of the post-colonial generation. Claiming direct revelation from the supreme being Emitai, she launched a revival of the community rain rituals and taught anew on Diola agriculture at a time of recurrent drought and climate change across the Casamance. Her career shows the prophetic tradition remaining vital into the twenty-first century, still centred on the relationship between the community, the rains, and the high god who governs them, and still carried above all by women.
Domains
- prophecy
- rainmaking
- agriculture
Powers
- receives revelation from Emitai
- revives the community rain rituals
Sources
- Robert M. Baum, Women, Rain and Religion: Diola Prophets in Post-War Senegal (Library of Congress record 2025661458)