The Problem of Witchcraft
Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2098440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Luongo (0000-0002-4518-7636, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 660-682 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2019.42 |
| OpenAlex | W3092641271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Over the last two decades, witchcraft violence has emerged steadily as a "push factor" for African asylum seekers who argue that being accused of witchcraft or targeted with witchcraft renders them members of a "particular social group" (PSG), subject to persecution and eligible for refugee protection under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This article examines the refugee status determination (RSD) processes through which immigration regimes in Canada and Australia have adjudicated allegations about witchcraft violence made by asylum seekers from across Anglophone Africa. It critiques the utility of expanding PSG along cultural lines without a commensurate expansion in adjudicators' knowledge
Convention · Criminology · Immigration · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Subject (documents · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues
Anthropology and Expertise in the Asylum Courts
The modernity of witchcraft
The Law of Refugee Status
International Human Rights in Canadian Immigration Law—The Case of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Critical Spaces in the Canadian Refugee Determination System
The Ring of Truth
Introduction. Public transcripts
Narrative as construction and discursive resource
It Would be Okay If They Came through the Proper Channels
Imposing aid
Government of Paper
The Precarious Truth of Asylum
Anthropologists as experts Asylum appeals in British courts
Homosexuality, Witchcraft, and Power
Witchcraft, Justice, and Human Rights in Africa
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |