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Human Sacrifice and the Supernatural in African History.
Since time immemorial, human beings the world over have sought answers to the vexing questions of their origins, sickness, death and after death; the meaning of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, eclipses of the sun and moon, birth of twins etc. and how to protect themselves from such mysterious...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Human Sacrifice and the Supernatural inAfrican History: An Overview""; ""Beliefs and rituals related to the generative powers of nature""; ""Beliefs and rituals related to cosmic objects""; ""Beliefs and rituals related to the spirit world""; ""Beliefs and rituals related to divination""; ""Chapter 2. Human sacrifice and the supernatural in the Asante Empire and modern-day Ghana""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in the folklore of the Asante""
- ""Retainer sacrifice or the so-called Asante�s �blood-lust�""""Warfare and human sacrifice in the Asante Empire""; ""The supernatural in modern-day Ghana""; ""Chapter 3. Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Sierra Leone""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in Mende folklore""; ""Poro “secret societies� and human sacrifice""; ""“Medicine murders� in the Southern Province""; ""Ritual Killings in Post-Independence Sierra Leone""; ""Chapter 4. “Medicine murder� in Lesotho""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in Basotho folklore""
- ""€œMedicine murderâ€? in colonial Lesotho""""“Medicine murderâ€? and the supernatural in post-Independent Lesotho""; ""Chapter 5. “Medicine murderâ€? in Swaziland""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in Swazi folklore""; ""“Medicine murdersâ€? in colonial Swaziland""; ""Rex vs. Mahlabindaba Dlamini and 5 Others (1951)""; ""The supernatural and “medicine murder â€?in Post-Independent Swaziland""; ""Rex vs. Mhawu Dlamini (1970)""; ""Rex vs. Phillipa Mdluli (1980)""; ""Chapter 6. Human Sacrifice and the Killing of Albinos in Tanzania""; ""Introduction""
- ""The supernatural in Tanzanian folklore""""Mining and the demand for albino body parts""; ""Faith in supernatural powers and the role of the bafumu""; ""Chapter 7. Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Uganda""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in Baganda folklore""; ""Human sacrifice in Buganda and Bunyoro""; ""Human sacrifice in colonial Uganda""; ""Pentecostals, the Basawo and the supernatural in modern day Uganda""; ""Chapter 8. Human sacrifice and the supernatural in Zanzibar""; ""Introduction""; ""The supernatural in Zanzibar folklore""; ""The Arab/Swahili house as a sanctuary""
- ""Beit el-Ajaib (House of Wonders) and its foundation myth""""Chapter 9. Mail Order Magic: Commercial Exploitation of Folk Belief""; ""Introduction""; ""Mail Order Occult Products Advertised in Drum magazine""; ""Chapter 10. Conclusion""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Subject Index by Alphabetical Order""; ""Back Cover""