Magical Interpretations, Material Realities: Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa 0415258677, 9780415258678

The modernity of witchcraft : politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa 9780813917023, 0813917026, 9780813917030, 0813917034

Translated from the French. In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and

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Conflict in Africa: Concepts and Realities 9781400867424

Do modern Western ideas about the nature of conflict and its resolution apply to Africa? To answer this question, Adda B

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20 Answers - Witchcraft & The Occult 9781683570431, 9781683570448, 9781683570455

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Magical House Protection: The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft 9781789202069

Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture. “D

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State and Culture in Postcolonial Africa 9780253029980

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Occultism: The Ultimate Guide to the Occult, Including Magic, Divination, Astrology, Witchcraft, and Alchemy 9780822325727

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National Self-Determination in Postcolonial Africa 9781685852870

Combines theoretical and comparative perspectives with analyses of case studies to deal in a new way with the host of se

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Crash Cultures: Modernity, Mediation and the Material 1841500712, 9781841500713, 9781841508696

Twenty-one British scholars contribute 14 essays which consider the crash (of physical objects, living beings, and nonvi

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The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela [New ed] 9780226116020

In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's

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The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the Pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity Shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945–1966 1501767917, 9781501767913

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anti

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