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Mbembe’s Matrix and the Matri-Archive: ‘The Little Secret’ to Conjuring Away the Postcolonial Spell
Journal of Religion in Africa (Online Edition, 27 December 2021)
An advanced, online version of my article on Achille Mbembe’s work, and the relation of my research on Female Genital Power to it, was published by the Journal of Religion in Africa (27 Dec 2021).
Excavating the Matri-archive
Grillo, Laura S. "Excavating the Matri-archive: The Author's Response" Journal of Africana Religions, 7, no. 2 (2019), 316-22.
This article is an overview of the book’s central argument and aims and my response to the Roundtable Discussion of An Intimate Rebuke by top scholars in Religious Studies, Anthropology of Religion, and Gender and Religion, which was held at the American Academy of Religion. A link to the full discussion is included here.
The Disenchantment of Civil Society in the New Global Postcolony
Grillo, Laura S. “The Disenchantment of Civil Society in the New Global Postcolony.” Global-e 12, no. 10 (March 14, 2019).
Les Mères au rond-point: retrouver l’identité et son fondement dans la morale (Mothers at the round-about: Recollecting Identity on Moral Grounds)
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Mande studies, August 2-6, 2017, Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire (2017).
Ironic Reversals: Gender, Power and Sacrality in Ile-Ife
Journal of Africana Religions 2, 4 (2014): 465-477.
Female Genital Power in Ritual & Politics: Violation & Deployment
Cultural Anthropology, Hot Spot Forum. May 14, 2012.
Catachresis in Côte d’Ivoire: Female Genital Power in Religious Ritual and Political Resistance
Religion And Gender 3, 2 (May 7, 2013): 188-206.
The Urgency of Widening the Discourse of Philosophy of Religion: A Discussion of A Primal Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion by Arvind Sharma
The Journal of the American Academy of Religion 79, 4 (2012): 803-813.
Divination: Epistemology, Agency and the Construction of Identity in Contemporary West Africa
Religion Compass, Blackwell Press 3, 6 (2009): 921–934.
