Title: Fetichism in West Africa ;
Authors: Nassau, Robert Hamill,
Date: 1904
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons,
Physical description: xvii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: B
Contents: Constitution of native African society -- The idea of God -- religion -- Polytheism -- idolatry -- Spiritual beings in African religion -- Spiritual beings in Africa -- their classes and functions -- Fetichism -- its philosophy -- a physical salvation -- charms and amulets -- The fetich -- a worship -- The fetich -- witchcraft -- a white art -- sorcery -- The fetich -- witchcraft -- a black art -- demonology -- Fetichism -- a government -- The fetich -- its relation to the family -- The fetich -- its relations to daily work and occupations and to the needs of life -- The fetch -- superstition in customs -- Fetich -- its relation to the future life -- ceremonies at deaths and funerals -- Fetichism -- some of its practical effects -- Tales of fetich based on fact -- Fetich in folk-lore.
Subject headings (LCSH): Africa, West--Religion.; Ethnology--Africa, West.; Fetishism--Africa, West.; Fetishism.