Details

Subject(s)

• Witchcraft—Africa [Browse]

Related name

• Beattie, John [Browse]
• Middleton, John, 1921- [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. [More in this series]
• Africa (Routledge (Firm)) ; 1. [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ; I [More in this series]

Summary note

Gathering together under a single cover material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived and suggests social correlates of these in terms of age, sex, marital status, social grading and wealth. It includes material on both traditional and modern cults.

Notes

First published in 1969.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; WEST AFRICA; SPIRIT POSSESSION IN GHANA; TYPES OF SPIRIT POSSESSION IN KALABARI RELIGION; TRANCE AND CONVENTION INNAGO-YORUBA SPIRIT MEDIUMSHIP; CENTRAL AND SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRIT POSSESSION AMONG THE TONGA OF ZAMBIA; SPIRIT MEDIUMS AS MEDIATORS IN VALLEY KOREKORE SOCIETY; SPIRIT POSSESSION AMONG THE ZULU; EAST AFRICA; SPIRIT MEDIUMSHIP IN BUNYORO; THE SHETANI CULT AMONG THE SEGEJU OF TANZANIA; SPIRIT POSSESSION IN NORTHERN SOMALILAND; SPIRIT POSSESSION AMONG THE LUGBARA
• SPIRIT POSSESSION AND MEDIUMSHIP AMONG THE ALURTHE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SUKUMA SPIRIT MEDIUMSHIP; SPIRIT INITIATION IN ANKOLE AND A CHRISTIAN SPIRIT MOVEMENT IN WESTERN KENYA; INDEX

ISBN

• 1-136-52772-9
• 1-136-52765-6
• 1-315-01719-9

OCLC

• 863823529
• 958107349
• 1162415367

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315017198

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