Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger

Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger Masquelier Adeline Wydawca: Duke University Press Data wydania: 2001 ISBN: 9780822326335 Liczba stron: 368 Format: Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Bori are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these forces in the context of possession ceremonies. This book offers an account of how this phenomenon intervenes in human lives, providing meaning for Mawri peasants confronted with cultural contradictions and socio-economic marginalisation.