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Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic and Social Order Among the Ibibio of Nigeria - Couverture souple

Offiong, Daniel A

 
9789781560330: Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic and Social Order Among the Ibibio of Nigeria
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9781560339 ISBN 13 : 9789781560330
Editeur : Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, 2001

Synopsis

The Ibibio people of Nigeria have an intense belief in the supernatural - in ancestral and non-ancestral spirits and witches who cause disorders in society and have to be appeased or neutralised to maintain social and cosmological equilibrium. Professor Daniel Offiong provides a detailed description of myth among the Ibibio and its relevance in explaining misfortunes and social order. He describes how social dynamics, failures and nautural disasters are explained in the relationship between animate and inanimate spiritual forces. He explains Mbiam, a magically potent object used for divination possessing supernatural ability to detect innocence and guilt, and its potency in inflicting punishment. A full account is given of the anti-witchcraft crusade in 1978 and its consequences.

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Éditeur
Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9781560339
ISBN 13 
9789781560330
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
156
Coordonnées du fabricant
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