Mambila divination : framing questions, constructing answers /
"This book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination, based on continuing fieldwork with the Mambila in Cameroon. It seeks to return attention to the details of divinatory practice, using the questions asked, and life histories to help understand the perspective of the...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
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Witchcraft, magic and divination accounts from the wimbum area of the Cameroon grassfields /