Editing Divination (section)

==Contemporary divination in Africa==
{{further|African divination}}
[[African divination|Divination]] is widespread throughout Africa. Among many examples it is one of the central tenets of [[Serer religion]] in Senegal. Only those who have been initiated as [[Saltigue]]s (the [[Serer people|Serer]] high priests and priestesses) can divine the future.<ref>[[Alioune Sarr|Sarr, Alioune]], « Histoire du Sine-Saloum » (introduction, bibliographie et notes par Charles Becker), in Bulletin de l'IFAN, tome 46, série B, nos 3-4, 1986-1987 pp 31-38</ref><ref name="Kalis">Kalis, Simone, "Medecine Traditionnele Religion et Divination Chez Les [[Serer people|Seereer]] [[Kingdom of Sine|Siin]] du [[Senegal]]", L'Harmattan (1997), pp 11-297 {{ISBN|2-7384-5196-9}}</ref> These are the "hereditary rain priests"<ref name="Galvan"/> whose role is both religious and medicinal.<ref name="Kalis"/><ref name="Galvan">Galvan, Dennis Charles, "The State Must be our Master of Fire : How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal", Berkeley, University of California Press, (2004), pp 86-135, {{ISBN|978-0-520-23591-5}}.</ref>