Related Books

African Witchcraft and Otherness
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Elias Kifon Bongmba
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-21 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

GET EBOOK

This work of African philosophy and theology uses the thought of Emmanuel Levinas to provide an analysis of tfu (witchcraft) among the Wimbum people of Cameroon
Perspectives on African Witchcraft
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Mariano Pavanello
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-08 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

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
Witchcraft in Post-colonial Africa
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Khaukanani Mavhungu
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Langaa Rpcig

GET EBOOK

This is a comparative ethnographic study of witchcraft and associated violence between the kingdoms of Kom and Venda in Cameroon and South Africa respectively.
Pentecostalism and Witchcraft
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Knut Rio
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-29 - Publisher: Springer

GET EBOOK

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia—where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked
Witchcraft, Intimacy, and Trust
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Peter Geschiere
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-09 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

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 mythol