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Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 / Katherine Luongo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: African studies series ; 116.Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xiv, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107529847 (hardback)
  • 110701218X (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.4/30967620904 22
LOC classification:
  • BF1584.K4 L86 2015
Other classification:
  • HIS001000
Online resources:
Contents:
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.
Item type: Book
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY BF1584.K4 L86 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CAS A-11037

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.

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