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The dynamics of witchcraft and indigenous shrines among the Akan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Jane Parish
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Cet article traite de l'idée que se font les Akans de la sorcellerie à travers deux lieux sacrés de l'anti-sorcellerie. Il suggere que les craintes contemporaries à l'égard de la sorcellerie symbolisent des incertitudes morales concernant l'identité, la sociabilité et le matérialisme. Ces idées sont exprimées au moyen d'une critique fortement autoréflexive des concepts d'admiration sociale et de consommation transculturelle.

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Rural women's other work
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Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 426 - 447
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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