Where humans and spirits meet : the politics of rituals and identified spirits in Zanzibar / Kjersti Larsen.

Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits;...

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Main Author: Larsen, Kjersti (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Series:Social identities ; v. 5.
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