Author: Barrie ReynoldsPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Magic, Divination and Witchcraft Among the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia
Author: Barrie ReynoldsPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Magic, Divination and Witchcraft
Author: Barrie ReynoldsMagic, Divination and Witchcraft Amnong the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia
Author: Barrie ReynoldsMagic, Divination and Witchcraft Among the Borotse of Northern Rhodesia
Author: Barrie ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258771997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Judicial Process Among the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia
Author: Max GluckmanPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719010408
Category : Customary law
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
The Elites of Barotseland 1878-1969
Author: Gerald L. CaplanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520333527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
Land, Law and Politics in Africa
Author: Jon AbbinkPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004218068
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book offers a series of new studies on the dynamics of political and legal culture as well as of conflict management in contemporary Africa, taking inspiration from and honoring the scholarly contributions and impact of Prof. Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009) in African Studies.
The Power of the Occult in Modern Africa
Author: James KiernanPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825887612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The occult is a framework of ideas and related practices that is drawn upon as a common resource to provide an understanding of how an apparently random world 'really' works. Based mainly on experiential research in a range of African societies, the essays in this volume examine the relevance of the occult to a variety of social concepts and contexts. These studies stress three features of the occult in modern Africa: 1) as an explanatory and tactical device, it is resilient; 2) it is malleable, with a capacity to absorb and assimilate new elements; 3) it is flexible and adaptable to emerging situations and novel circumstances. Of interest to specialists in the fields of religion, social science and African studies, this book will benefit the general reader interested in the occult and its relevance to modernity and globalisation.
Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia
Author: C. W. WatsonPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824815158
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Witchcraft holds a perennial fascination for scholars and the public at large. In Southeast Asia malign magic and sorcery are part of the routine experience of villagers and urban dwellers alike, and stories appearing in the press from time to time bear witness to a persisting public concern. The essays presented in this volume describe what people believe and what actions result from those beliefs. Not surprisingly, given the range and variety of cultures, considerable differences exist in the region. Among some cultures, in Thailand and Indonesia for example, sorcerers are said to possess spirits that empower them to cause illness and misfortune. Elsewhere, in Malaysia and Sumatra, the power of the dukun derives from the accumulation of arcane knowledge and mystical practice. Contributors describe the witches and sorcerers they have met and suggest both how their societies look upon them and how we in turn should regard them. Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia will appeal to scholars and students of social anthropology and comparative religion. Its substantial contribution to theoretical and comparative issues in a Southeast Asian context provides a fresh perspective on a stimulating topic.
Bulozi under the Luyana Kings
Author: Mutumba MaingaPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9982240528
Category : Lozi (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bulozi under the Luyana Kings is a study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period. The study traces the origins of the Luyana and the Lozi people; the founding of the Luyana Central Kingship and the invasion by the Makololo in the mid-nineteenth century; and ends with the study of the Lozi response to European intrusion at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bulozi under the Luyana Kings was first published in 1973 by Longman, London. After wide consultations at home and abroad, the book is now republished in its original form.