Human sacrifice and the supernatural in African history
Since time immemorial, human beings the world over have sought answers to the vexing questions of their origins, sickness, death and after death; the meaning of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, eclipses of the sun and moon, birth of twins etc. and how to protect themselves from such mysterious...
| Основен автор: | Mbogoni, Lawrence Ezekiel Yona, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania :
Mkuki na Nyota Pub.,
℗♭2013.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=662771 |
Съдържание:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Human sacrifice and the supernatural in African history : an overview
- Human sacrifice and the supernatural in the Asante Empire and modern-day Ghana
- Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Sierra Leone
- "Medicine murder" in Lesotho
- "Medicine murder" in Swaziland
- Human sacrifice and the killing of albinos in Tanzania
- Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Uganda
- Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Zanzibar
- Mail order magic : commercial exploitation of folk belief
- Conclusion
- Selected bibliography
- Subject index by alphabetical order.