ISBN:
9781107012189
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110701218X
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 243 S.
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Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
African studies 116
Series Statement:
African studies
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Luongo, Katherine, 1975 - Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900 - 1955
DDC:
133.4/30967620904
Keywords:
Witchcraft History 20th century
;
Witchcraft Political aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Kamba (African people) History 20th century
;
British History 20th century
;
Colonial administrators History 20th century
;
Trials (Witchcraft) History 20th century
;
Witchcraft Law and legislation 20th century
;
History
;
Witchcraft Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Witchcraft Political aspects
;
Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Kamba (African people) History
;
20th century
;
British Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Colonial administrators Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Trials (Witchcraft) Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Witchcraft Law and legislation
;
Kenya
;
History
;
20th century
;
Kenya Colonial influence
;
Kenya Politics and government
;
To 1963
;
Kenya Social life and customs
;
20th century
;
Kenya Colonial influence
;
Kenya Politics and government To 1963
;
Kenya Social life and customs 20th century
;
Kenia
;
Kolonialismus
;
Hexerei
;
Aberglaube
Abstract:
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
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Bibliography: p. 221-235. - Includes index
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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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Literaturverz. S. 221 - 235
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37240
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