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Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa
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Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa
About this book
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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Yes, you can access Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa by John Middleton, E. H. Winter, John Middleton,E. H. Winter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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INDEX
Accusations, patterns of, 9 ff, 19, 24, 30 ff, 74,80, 86 ff, 96 f, 118 ff, 124, 176, 194 f, 198, 201 ff, 218, 241 ff,
245 ff, 250 ff, 260 ff
Age organization, 7, 130, 132, 177, 204 f, 209 f, 215, 217
Amba, 11, 277-299
Ancestral cuit, 188 ff, 192 ff, 224 f, 233 258
Ashanti, 54
Azande, ix, 2, 5, 11, 22, 29 n, 125, 131, 173
Baraguyu, 57, 75, 91 n
Bestiality, 67, 103, 121
Bohannan, P. J., 42 n, 198 n, 278
Cannibalism, 6 f, 14, 64 f, 68, 129, 197, 214, 226, 281, 290, 292 f
Cewa, 11, 17 f, 124 ff, 131
Chiefship, 3, 13, 19, 46 f, 59, 74, 76, 92 f, 106, 132, 144 ff, 181 ff, 215, 258
Christianity, 25, 28, 60, 74, 77, 87, 91 f 95, 173, 218 f, 223, 230, 274 f
Chwezi, 40, 54
Clanship, 58 f, 74, 76, 80, 129, 131, 157 ff, 222
Colson, E., 17
Confessions, 79, 153 f, 230; see also
Ordeals
Control of wizardry, 21 f, 120, 123 ff, 139 f, 231 ff, 291
Counter-wizardry, 73, 84, 130, 200, 233, 251
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Table of 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