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Witches, Oracles, and Colonial Law

Evolving Anti-Witchcraft Practices in Ghana, 1927-1932

Bibliographic Data

ID3912155
AuthorsNatasha Gray (corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume34
Issue2
Pages339
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3097485
PMID18198526
OpenAlexW2290128676
LanguageEN
Citations received19

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

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Citation span2005 - 2023 (19)
Highly citedNo

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