Magic and warfare
Subtitle: appearance and reality in contemporary African conflict and beyond
By: Nathalie Wlodarczyk.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780230621022
Subjects: Military art and science -- Sierra Leone; Magic -- Political aspects -- Sierra Leone; Shamans -- Sierra Leone; War and society -- Sierra Leone; Ethnic conflict -- Africa -- Case studies; War -- Religious aspects -- Case studies; Military art and science -- Africa -- Case studies; Magic -- Political aspects -- Africa -- Case studies; War and society -- Africa -- Case studies; Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Religious aspects
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Magic" in contemporary Africa; title: Spirits in battle; title: Thinking about practice in warfare; title: Notes on the case study; title: The Sierra Leone Civil War and civil defence; title: Spiritual context as habitus and capital; title: Creating magic soldiers : Kamajor mobilisation and initiation; title: The Kamajors in battle : magic, tactics, and success; title: Local practice and the wider world of warfare.