The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa

This study suggests that the balance in Africa, between the prevalence of witchcraft and the forces of modernity, stems both from obsession with power and from the increasing feeling of powerlessness among the people. It also gives a parallel with aspects of politics in Western democracies.

• | Author: Peter Geschiere
• | Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 1997
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780813917030
• | ISBN-10: 0813917034