by JaniceBoddy (Author)
Adherents to the ""zar"" cult in northern Sudan encounter spirits that are parallels of historically relevant figures in the known human world. Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village this study offers a multidimensional interpretation of the ""zar"".
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 30 Nov 1989
ISBN 10: 0299123146
ISBN 13: 9780299123147