This article uses the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in post-independence Nigeria to examine the transition from individuated agents of religious exchange to integration into global corporate religiosity. Early Latter-day Saint adherents saw Mormonism as a mechanism by which they could acquire access to monetary resources from a financially stable Western patronage, despite political animosity due to Mormonism's racist policies and sectional tumult during the Nigeria-Biafra war. Drawing on oral and archival records, this article highlights how Mormonism as an American-based faith was able to be "translated"to meet the exigencies of indigenous adherents.
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Stevenson, R. W. (2020, June 1). The Celestial City: Mormonism and American Identity in Post-Independence Nigeria. African Studies Review. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2019.21
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