Title: Studies in Witchcraft, Magic, War And Peace in Africa
Description: Magical practices, witchcraft, and warfare in the African continent during the XIX and XX centuries aim to offer here interesting opportunities towards a better understanding not only of African societies, but most of all, of their historical role in numerous political and military conflicts and also within peace-building processes, which represent a continuation of a topic of long-standing concern in African history. 
Historians took an early interest in magic and the supernatural in African warfare, especially in connection with prophetic anti-colonial resistance movements. This collection extends the time period from the colonial to the post-colonial, but it also broadens the focus from invocations of the supernatural in military and political mobilization, to rituals of healing in post-conflict societies, the latter, until now, being a field more studied by anthropologists.
Subjects: Africa, Religions, Witchcraft, Healing, War, Peace, Power, History, Politics and government, War and society, Military History, Peace-building, Social life and customs, Political aspects, Social aspects
Places: Africa
Time periods: Colonial and post-colonial Africa