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Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande

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The Clarendon Press, 1937 - Africa Central - 558 pages

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Review: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

User Review  - Tina Estep - Goodreads

Published in 1937, this is an ethnography of the research done in the Southern Sudan during the 1920′s. Evans-Pritchard studied the Azande and their beliefs and ideas of Witchcraft among this culture ... Read full review

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User Review  - Bruce - Goodreads

Perhaps the best part of this wonderful book (all of it is brilliant) is the essay that makes up the fourth appendix to my copy of the book. ("Some reminiscenses and reflections on fieldwork") Be sure not to skip it! Read full review

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AND BELIEFS
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WITCHCRAFT
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Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande
Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
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TitleWitchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande, Volume 1
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande, Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Volume 2 of Human relations area files: Azande
AuthorEdward Evan Evans-Pritchard
PublisherThe Clarendon Press, 1937
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized12 Sep 2008
Length558 pages
SubjectsAfrica Central
Azandes (Indigenas)
Brujeria
Magia
Magic
Medicina magica
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Oracles
Oraculos
Witchcraft
Zande (African people)
  
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