Encounters with Witchcraft

Field Notes from Africa

Paperback | 30 January 2012

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In this title, a renowned authority on East Africa examines the effects of witchcraft beliefs on African culture, politics, and family life.

Industry Reviews

"This is not your usual academic treatise, yet it is full of valuable insights for anybody interested in doing field research in Africa ... Very few could have produced this very readable book." - African Studies Quarterly "...an engaging and diverting account of the author's adventures during his many visits to East Africa over forty years ... [an] anecdotal odyssey of adventures tied together by presenting all these travels as a quest to learn the true significance of witchcraft." - Anthropos "Norman M. Miller's Encounters with Witchcraft: Field Notes from Africa, is an educational yet entertaining discussion of the author's experiences with witchcraft in Africa ... Miller's loving attention to the people he encountered, and his respect for local beliefs and customs, is apparent. Encounters with Witchcraft provides an authentic, enlightening reading experience about a subject that has been overly distorted and sensationalized in popular culture." - Journal of Folklore Research "With his entertaining, academic, and accessible style, Miller thus paints a complicated picture of witchcraft as discourse, myth, business, and tool ... a coherent structure accompanied with numerous images, gives those in need of accessible reading materials for teaching African, or even world history, yet another wonderful book choice." - The Middle Ground "In Encounters with Witchcraft, Miller shares the story of his fascination with African witchcraft and his journey through Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda ... With fascinating photographs and informative glossaries and maps, this intriguing memoir and history of African witchcraft addresses the violence that superstitious or religious beliefs may cause and holds up a mirror for Western society to think about their own myths and beliefs." - ForeWord Reviews "This is an astounding book, full of insights on the very murky world of witchcraft in modern Africa. It explains so much-how witchcraft-based intimidation works, how and why women are victimized, why witch-hunting goes on. The author is one of the few people in the world who could have written this account. He is a veteran fieldworker, an 'old hand' in Africa, a superb observer." - David Gregory, PhD, anthropologist

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