| The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon Dancing in West and North Africa Contributor(s): Tremearne, A. J. N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162624566 ISBN-13: 9781162624563 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (2.11 lbs) 564 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 1914. The author has been hoping for several years to visit Tunis and Tripoli, but owing to various causes, he was unable to attain the fulfillment of this desire for a time. His wife went with him to Tunis and helped him, but as this book is a record of work and not of personal anecdotes, no allusion is made to themselves except where necessary in connection with some particular statement. Contents: Origin of the Hausa Colonies in North Africa; Totemism and King Killing; Personal Enhancement and Dress; Habitations and Domestic Life; Birth and Puberty; Marriage and Divorce; Death and the Afterlife; Magic; Magic in the House and in the Fields; Superstitions and Omens; Pilgrimages and Festivals; Bori; Origin of Demons and Demon Dancing. Copiously illustrated throughout. |