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Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955
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Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 / Katherine Luongo.
ISBN
9781107012189 (hardback)
110701218X (hardback)
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
xiv, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 25, 2012
Series
African studies ; 116.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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