Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa / John Beattie [and others] ; edited by John Middleton and E.H. Winter ; foreword by E.E. Evans-Pritchard.

Date:
[1978], ©1963
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Publication/Creation

London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1978], ©1963.

Physical description

viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents

Sorcery in Bunyoro / John Beattie -- Witchcraft in Ukaguru / T.O. Beidelman -- Mandari witchcraft / Jean Buxton -- Techniques of sorcery control in Central Africa / Mary Douglas -- Some structural aspects of Mbugwe witchcraft / Robert F. Gray -- Nandi witchcraft / G.W.B. Huntingford -- Witchcraft in Bugisu / Jean La Fontaine -- Witchcraft and sorcery in a Gusii community / Robert A. LeVine -- Witchcraft and sorcery in Lugbara / John Middleton -- The enemy within: Amba witchcraft and sociological theory / E.H. Winter.

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    History of Medicine
    BVD.175
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  • 071001838X