The punning title refers both to the function of prophets in revealing knowledge and to the efforts of the editors in the introduction to discover what prophets are...

• Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller; fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger; the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling; modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright; the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen; visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson; "What is the world going to come to?" - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler; prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.

The punning title refers both to the function of prophets in revealing knowledge and to the efforts of the editors in the introduction to discover what prophets are...

• Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller; fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger; the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling; modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright; the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen; visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson; "What is the world going to come to?" - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler; prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.

The punning title refers both to the function of prophets in revealing knowledge and to the efforts of the editors in the introduction to discover what prophets are...

• Part 1 Prophetic idioms: Kidongoi's kin - prophecy and power in Maasailand, Richard D. Waller; fertility as power - spirit mediums, priestesses and the pre-colonial state, Iris Berger; the frontiers of prophecy - healing, the cosmos and Islam on the East African coast in the 19th century, David Sperling; modern Zande prophetesses, Margaret Buckner. Part 2 Colonial historiographies: Maji Maji - prophecy and historiography, Marcia Wright; the colonial control of spirit movements in Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen; visions of the vanquished - prophets and colonialism in Kenya's western highlands, David M. Anderson. Part 3 Prophetic histories: the prophet Ngundeng and the battle of Pading - prophecy, symbolism and historical evidence, Douglas H. Johnson; "What is the world going to come to?" - prophecy and colonialism in central Kenya, Charles H. Ambler; prayers of Waiyaki, John Lonsdale.