TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luongo,Katherine
TI  - Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955
T2  - African studies
SN  - 9781107529847 (hardback)
AV  - BF1584.K4 L86 2015
U1  - 133.4/30967620904 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - Kenya
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Kamba (African people)
KW  - British
KW  - Colonial administrators
KW  - Trials (Witchcraft)
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Colonial influence
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - To 1963
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37240
ER  -