Encounters with witchcraft
Subtitle: field notes from Africa
By: Norman N. Miller
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781438443584; 9781438443577
Subjects: Witchcraft
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: first encounter; title: The colonial days; title: An archeologist's view of witchcraft; title: Ancient spirit paintings; title: Lion-men and colonial witch trials; title: Angry man with a cross-bow; title: Witchcraft and the Congo pygmies; title: Crocodile bile and the poison principle; title: Living with witches; title: The witchcraft trial of Mohammadi; title: The woman who poisoned a chief; title: The issue of death by suggestion; title: Witchcraft symbols in western Tanzania; title: Reflections on Mohammadi; title: Through African eyes: the arts; title: The gift of an execution mask; title: Seeing witchcraft images in nature; title: The witch's toolkit: implements and artifacts; title: Guns, throwing knives and power symbols; title: Spirit art and the ideas of an African chief; title: Witch-hunters and witch-cleansers; title: Secrets of a professional witch hunter; title: Using witch hunters for political coercion; title: A famous witch-cleanser in Malawi; title: Faith healers, snake handlers, herbalists; title: Kajiwe (little stone), Kenyan witch-hunter; title: Witchcraft and violence; title: Meeting Idi Amin in Uganda; title: State-sponsored terror with witchcraft skin gangs and secret societies on trial: witchcraft court cases; title: A rough map of witchcraft in eastern Africa; title: The spirit wars; title: How prophet movements use witchcraft healing; title: The sick by the sea; title: "Evil eye" among desert people; title: Witchcraft violence in an African Christian church; title: Missionary zeal: African spirits versus Christian spirits; title: Witchcraft and juju economics; title: Smuggling of witchcraft poisons and products; title: Long distance trade in protective medicines; title: The healer's trade: witchcraft as a diagnosis; title: Commercialization and urbanization of witchcraft; title: Spirit art, devil art and modern art for profit; title: Witch beliefs as barriers to economic development; title: Political witchcraft; title: Witchcraft threats and mafia-like politics; title: The Tanzanian holocaust: the Sungusungu killings; title: Meeting Kenya's President Moi; title: Devil cults in Nairobi: alleged satanic practices; title: The use of witchcraft in Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army; title: Rebellion in Kenya: the rise of mungiki; title: Lessons learned; title: "Look, there is no 'paranormal'"; title: Lessons from a little boy; title: How witchcraft really works: an African view; title: Death by suggestion: a final confession; title: Killing elders as witches, the rise of senecide; title: Mohammadi's shadow; title: Return to my village; title: Dramatic changes over the years; title: Why witches are never mentioned; title: The truth about Mohammadi's life; title: The mystery resolved; title: Epilogue: the future of witchcraft.