Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana / / Mensah Adinkrah.
Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historic...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
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