Visionary Journeys and Border Crossings
Using the vocational biographies of several men of God involved in the dynamic changes of a prophetic African religion, this article illustrates how visions and dreams both encourage and accompany border crossings and the migratory journeys of individuals, and thus, the increasing transnationalization of African religions. The rhetorical dimension of the prophetic predictions and visionary revelations cannot be ignored when considering the constraints and opportunities of the migratory trajectories. However, the idea is that the migration of individuals and their religious ventures is fuelled equally by the imaginary as by the reality of labour market laws, if only because imaginary goods (visions, healing, miracles) are part of what circulates in travel and trade.