Umfang:
XIV, 243 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9781107012189
,
110701218X
Serie:
African studies 116
Inhalt:
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue
Anmerkung:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Bibliography: p. 221-235. - Includes index
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Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.
,
Literaturverz. S. 221 - 235
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Luongo, Katherine, 1975 - Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900 - 1955 New York, NY [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9781107012189
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 110701218X
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
Kenia
;
Kolonialismus
;
Hexerei
;
Aberglaube
;
Geschichte 1900-1955
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37240
