Magical interpretations, material realities : modernity, witchcraft and the occult in postcolonial Africa /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Description:xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4698122
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Varying Form of Title:Modernity, witchcraft and the occult in postcolonial Africa
Other authors / contributors:Moore, Henrietta L., 1957-
Sanders, Todd, 1965-
ISBN:0415258669
0415258677 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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