Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa.

By: Middleton, JohnContributor(s): Winter, E. HMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (454 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781136551451Subject(s): Witchcraft -- Africa, EastGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Witchcraft and Sorcery in East AfricaDDC classification: 133.4/3/09676 LOC classification: GN475.8 .M5 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright -- Table of Content -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- SORCERY IN BUNYORO -- WITCHCRAFT IN UKAGURU -- MANDARI WITCHCRAFT -- TECHNIQUES OF SORCERY CONTROL IN CENTRAL AFRICA -- SOME STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF MBUGWE WITCHCRAFT -- NANDI WITCHCRAFT -- WITCHCRAFT IN BUGISU -- WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY IN A GUSII COMMUNITY -- WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY IN LUGBARA -- THE ENEMY WITHIN: AMBA WITCHCRAFT AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY -- INDEX.
Summary: Containing ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs and practices associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa, the chapters in this book are all based on field research and new information which is studied within its wider social context. First published in 1963.
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Cover -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright -- Table of Content -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- SORCERY IN BUNYORO -- WITCHCRAFT IN UKAGURU -- MANDARI WITCHCRAFT -- TECHNIQUES OF SORCERY CONTROL IN CENTRAL AFRICA -- SOME STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF MBUGWE WITCHCRAFT -- NANDI WITCHCRAFT -- WITCHCRAFT IN BUGISU -- WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY IN A GUSII COMMUNITY -- WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY IN LUGBARA -- THE ENEMY WITHIN: AMBA WITCHCRAFT AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY -- INDEX.

Containing ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs and practices associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa, the chapters in this book are all based on field research and new information which is studied within its wider social context. First published in 1963.

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