Witches, Oracles, and Colonial Law
Evolving Anti-Witchcraft Practices in Ghana, 1927-1932
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3912155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natasha Gray (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3097485 |
| PMID | 18198526 |
| OpenAlex | W2290128676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
A partir de l'analyse minutieuse de la controverse tongo sur la sorcellerie au Ghana entre 1927 et 1932, l'A. tente de demontrer comment des forces locales ont influence les croyances et les pratiques de la sorcellerie. Il montre comment la legislation antisorcellerie de l'administration coloniale britannique a contribue de facon significative a la transformation de la pratique de purification des sorcieres qui, d'un processus coercitif, quasi-juridique, fonde sur l'accusation, est devenue une pratique volontaire, therapeutique, centree sur la confession. Il montre que la legislation elle-meme fut le resultat d'une longue succession de negociations entre des leaders africains - chefs, pretres, juristes et journalistes - et les colonisateurs. Cette controverse est un exemple, en periode coloniale, de l'interaction entre les croyances sur la sorcellerie et le pouvoir de l'Etat d'une part, ou les contextes de modernisation de l'autre
Colonialism · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law
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Les cultes de la kola dans l'Afrique coloniale
Journeying into the experiences of persons accused of witchcraft
Witchcraft and Its Implications for Women Reconsidered
Fetishism” in the Gold Coast
Pentecostalism, Witchdemonic Accusations, and Symbolic Violence in Ghana
Medial Deities and Relational Meanings
Writing Medical Authority
African Witchcraft and Religion among the Yoruba
Oracles
Independent Spirits
Crash-landings of flying witches in Ghana
The opposite of witchcraft
The Poison in the Ink Bottle
| Citations per year | 0.9 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |