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This volume draws on a range of ethnographic and historical material to provide insight into witchcraft in sub-Saharan Africa. The chapters explore a variety of cultural contexts, with contributions focusing on Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia and Eritrean diaspora. The book considers the concept of witchcraft itself, the interrelations with religion and medicine, and the theoretical frameworks employed to explain the nature of modern African witchcraft representations.


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  • Author : Mariano Pavanello
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Total Pages : 386 pages
  • ISBN : 1315439905
  • PDF File Size : 41,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Perspectives on African Witchcraft

Perspectives on African Witchcraft
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 29,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 08 December 2016
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  • Release Date : 21 January 2015
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  • Release Date : 10 October 2012
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  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 45,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 05 November 2013
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  • Publisher : University of Virginia Press
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  • Release Date : 14 May 1997
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  • File Size : 28,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 09 August 2013
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In Dante’s Inferno, the lowest circle of Hell is reserved for traitors, those who betrayed their closest companions. In a wide range of literatures and mythologies such intimate aggression

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  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 36,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 02 September 2003
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  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • File Size : 34,8 Mb
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