Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power and the Hauka in West Africa

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1995
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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences.

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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 238
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 26 Oct 1995
ISBN 10: 0415908779
ISBN 13: 9780415908771

Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power and the Hauka in West Africa

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$60.07

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