Witchcraft, Magic and Divination : Accounts from the Wimbum Area of the Cameroon Grassfields.

This book is largely the personal account by Patrick Mbunwe Samba, of how life in his home village of Binshua has been permeated throughout by belief in witchcraft. The book not only provides a historical account informed by his reminiscences of his childhood, it shows as well that even today, belie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samba, Mbunwe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2012.
Temas:
Witchcraft > Cameroon.
Magic > Cameroon.
Divination > Cameroon.
Occultism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sorcellerie > Cameroun.
Divination > Cameroun.
Occultisme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Divination
Magic
Occultism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Witchcraft
Cameroon > Religious life and customs.
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Witchcraft, Magic and Divination. A Personal Testimony; Introduction; The role of the Chief; Types of Witchcraft beliefs; Divination and sorcery as counter-measures; The Arts of Divination, Sorcery and Weather-magicrecalled; The Medicine-men (ngaa-mchep) of Binshua and theWimbum area; 2. The Witness of Other People; The Witness of Gallus Nchanji; The Witness of Frederick Ngala Njeke; The Witness of Two Churchmen in Binshua: EmmanuelNjiko and Thomas Yinkfu; The Case of a Former Politician; The Witness of Paul N. Langdji.
  • The Witness of Thomas Kimbi3. Witchcraft and the Law; 4. Witchcraft and Religion; 5. Conclusion; References; Back cover.

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