Magical Interpretations, Material Realities: Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa 0415258677, 9780415258678

The modernity of witchcraft : politics and the occult in postcolonial Africa 9780813917023, 0813917026, 9780813917030, 0813917034

Translated from the French. In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and

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Traditional Witchcraft and the Pagan Revival: A Magical Anthropology 9781782791553

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State and Culture in Postcolonial Africa 9780253029980

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Magical House Protection: The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft 9781789202069

Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture. “D

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Occult Botany: Sédir's Concise Guide to Magical Plants 9781644112601, 9781644112618

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National Self-Determination in Postcolonial Africa 9781685852870

Combines theoretical and comparative perspectives with analyses of case studies to deal in a new way with the host of se

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Magical realism and Deleuze: the indiscernibility of difference in postcolonial literature 9781441109989, 9781472542601, 1472542606

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Translation as Reparation: Writing and Translation in Postcolonial Africa 9781315759777

Translation as Reparation showcases postcolonial Africa by offering African European-language literature as a case study

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Multispecies Modernity: Disorderly Life in Postcolonial Literature 9781771125208, 9781771125222, 9781771125239

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The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela [New ed] 9780226116020

In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's

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