Contemporary Witch-hunting in Gusii, Southwestern Kenya
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Author | : Justus Mozart H'Achachi Ogembo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015067671399 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Contemporary Witch-hunting in Gusii, Southwestern Kenya by : Justus Mozart H'Achachi Ogembo
Book excerpt: This book describes a series of witch-killings that has been underway in Gusii, Southwestern Kenya, since 1992. It integrates the testimony of participants of and witnesses to the incidents of witch-killing with other ethnographic and socioeconomic information in order to understand what led to the sudden rise of this violence in November 1992 and its rapid decline in July 1994.