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9780226775432

In Sorcery's Shadow

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226775432

  • ISBN10:

    0226775437

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1989-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world.

Author Biography

Paul Stoller is professor of anthropology at West Chester University. He is also a research associate in the department of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. Cheryl Olkes is director of Harmattan, a gallery of African arts in Washington, D.C.


Table of Contents

Prologue
Acknowledgments
Personae
1976-77
Mehanna
A Lesson in Survey Research
Discussion Groups
Guided Interpretations
Two Birds in the Rafters Are Better Than One in the Bush
Sorko Djibo
An Apprentice's First Mission
Immersed in Texts
Wanzerbe
Initiation
Witches
A Tonic for Work
Between Sound and the Shadow
Tillaberi
The Young Sohanci
Asking Questions
Prison Years
The Coming of Serci
Words of Protection
On the Road
Vengeance for the Powerful
1979-80
Frightening Discoveries
Evidence of Power
Repelled by the Cold in Ayoru
An Interpretation
The Path to Wanzerbe
A Test of Hardness
1981
Rites of Clairvoyance
Sohanci Business
Journey Under the River
Amadu Zima
An Invitation from Kassey
1982-83
A Father and His Son
Fatouma
Kassey
1984
Power in the Compound
A Lecture on Medicine
Mehanna Revisited
The Way of the Cowry
Showdown with Djibo
Last Stand in Wanzerbe Epilogue: In Sorcery's Shadow
Glossary
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