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020 _a9781592214846 (hard cover)
020 _a1592214851 (pbk.)
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100 _aHaar, Gerrie ter
245 0 0 _aImagining evil :
_bwitchcraft beliefs and accusations in contemporary Africa /
_cedited by Gerrie ter Haar.
260 _aTrenton NJ :
_bAfrica World Press,
_cc2007.
300 _avi, 348 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aReligion in contemporary Africa series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: the evil called witchcraft / Gerrie ter Haar -- Witching-times : a theme in the histories of Africa and Europe / Stephen Ellis -- A phenomenonology of witchcraft in Ghana / Abraham Akrong -- Witchcraft in contemporary Ghana / Elom Dovlo -- Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs : a view from the Netherlands / Gerrie ter Haar -- Witchcraft and the Christian church : ethical implications / Elias K. Bongmba -- Anger as a metaphor of witchcraft : the relation between magic, witchcraft and divination among the Mupun of Nigeria / Umar Habila Dadem Danfulani -- The Mbambi brought the message : Shitera, witchcraft of revenge / Samuel K. Mbambo -- Witchcraft as a challenge to Batswana ideas of community and relationships / Gomang Seratwa Ntloedibe-Kuswani -- Witch-hunting in Zambia and international illegal trade / Hugo F. Hinfelaar -- The impact of witchcraft beliefs and practices on the socio-economic development of the Abakwaya in Musoma-rural district, Tanzania / Stephen Nyoka Nyaga -- Containment of witchcraft accusations in South Africa : a search for a transformational approach to curb the problem / Selaelo Thias Kgatla -- The escalation of witchcraft accusations / Walter E.A. van Beek.
650 0 _aWitchcraft
_zAfrica.
700 1 _aHaar, Gerrie ter.
830 0 _aReligion in contemporary Africa series (Trenton, N.J.)
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012857.html
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