MELC 415 A: Holy People and Holy Places of the Horn of Africa

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the holy men and women of the Horn of Africa, whose lives and legacies have shaped the region's religious, political, and cultural milieu. Explores major sacred spaces and their constitutions in the region. Covers Ethiopian Christian saints to Somali Sufi mystics and Jewish Ethiopian heroes. Explores the hero formation processes in the different religious traditions of the region.