Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 / Katherine Luongo.
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TextSeries: African studies series ; 116.Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xiv, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781107012189 (hardback)
- 110701218X (hardback)
- Witchcraft -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Witchcraft -- Political aspects -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Kamba (African people) -- History -- 20th century
- British -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Colonial administrators -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Trials (Witchcraft) -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Witchcraft -- Law and legislation -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Kenya -- Colonial influence
- Kenya -- Politics and government -- To 1963
- Kenya -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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- BF1584.K4 L86 2011
- HIS001000
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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.
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