Médias religieux, esprits voyageurs. Diffusion publique et secret dans le Pentecôtisme et dans la religion traditionnelle au Ghana

Abstract

This article compares the role of media in three religious movements in Ghana, a country where the mediascape has undergone fundamental changes since the 1990s. It shows how visual mediation, mobility and the spiritual domain are intertwined, and demonstrates how media evoke both a public and a secret realm, as distinct yet connected spheres. The ethnography documents how this negotiation of public and secret finds itself at the heart of charismatic Pentecostalism, neo-traditional African religion, and traditional spiritual practices – three religions that situate themselves differently in public space but are interrelated and heavily interdependent.