Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 /
Luongo, Katherine, 1975-
Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 / Katherine Luongo. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xiv, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - African studies ; 116 . - African studies series ; 116. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.
9781107012189 (hardback) 110701218X (hardback)
2011015310
BF1584.K4 / L86 2011
133.4/30967620904
Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 / Katherine Luongo. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xiv, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - African studies ; 116 . - African studies series ; 116. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.
9781107012189 (hardback) 110701218X (hardback)
2011015310
BF1584.K4 / L86 2011
133.4/30967620904