Witchcraft and Sorcery in East AfricaJohn Middleton, E. H. Winter 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. |
Contents
SORCERY IN BUNYORO | 27 |
WITCHCRAFT IN UKAGURU | 57 |
MANDARI WITCHCRAFT | 99 |
TECHNIQUES OF SORCERY CONTROL IN CENTRAL | 123 |
SOME STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF MBUGWE WITCHCRAFT | 143 |
NANDI WITCHCRAFT | 175 |
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