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BookBinsbergen, Wim M.J. van (2017)
Religion as a social construct: African, Asian, comparative and theoretical excursions in the social science of religion
Haarlem: Shikanda Press. PIP-TraCS #22. 711p.

Book chapterBeek, W.E.A. van (2015)
Evil and the art of revenge in the Mandara Mountains
Abstract presentIn: Evil in Africa: encounters with the everyday. p. 140-156.

Periodical articleBuchanan, Sarah B. (2015)
See this publicationWhen image meets magic: learning to see in Raymond Rajaonarivelo's 'Quand les étoiles recontrent la mer'
Abstract presentResearch in African Literatures. Volume 46 #3. p. 190-213.

BookHelgadóttir, Margrét; Thomas, Jo (eds.) (2015)
African monsters
Fox Spirit Books. 198p.

BookNkumisongo Vavi Fabiyo, François-Xavier (2015)
La sorcellerie chez les Ding de la RDC
Paris: L'Harmattan. Géopolitique mondiale. 99p.

Periodical articleWallace, Dale (2015)
Rethinking religion, magic and witchcraft in South Africa: from colonial coherence to postcolonial conundrum
Abstract presentJournal for the Study of Religion. Volume 28 #1. p. 23-51.

Periodical articleBoyd, Raymond; Fardon, Richard (2014)
See this publicationNaming powers: Hausa 'tsafi' and Tiv 'tsav'
Abstract presentJournal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 26 #1. p. 33-55.

Periodical articleDewah, Peterson; Mutula, Stephen (2014)
See this publicationEthical considerations surrounding the application of 'runyoka/lunyoka' (fidelity charm) in Zimbabwe
Abstract presentIndilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Volume 13 #2. p. 215-230.

Periodical articleOduro-Frimpong, Joseph (2014)
See this publication'Sakawa': rituals and cyberfraud in Ghanaian popular video movies
Abstract presentAfrican Studies Review. Volume 57 #2. p. 131-147.

Periodical articleBlunt, Robert (2013)
See this publicationOracles, trauma, and the limits of contextualization: naming the witch in contemporary Kenya
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 43 #3. p. 329-349.

Periodical articleLeMay-Boucher, Philippe; Noret, Joël; Somville, Vincent (2013)
See this publicationFacing misfortune: expenditures on magico-religious powers for cure and protection in Benin
Abstract presentJournal of African Economies. Volume 22 #2. p. 300-322.

BookMbogoni, Lawrence E.Y. (2013)
Human sacrifice and the supernatural in African history
Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers. 256p.

BookSow, Ibrahima (2013)
Le maraboutage au Sénégal
Dakar: IFAN Ch. A. Diop. 396p.

Periodical articleJensen, Steffen (2012)
See this publicationShosholoza: political culture in South Africa between the secular and the occult
Abstract presentJournal of Southern African Studies. Volume 38 #1. p. 91-106.

BookKosack, Godula (2012)
Magie: die Kraft zum Schaden oder zum Guten
Bad Schussenried: Gerhard Hess Verlag. 389p.

Periodical articleMatereke, K.P.; Mungwini, P. (2012)
The occult, politics and African modernities: the case of Zimbabwe's 'Diesel N'anga'
African Identities. Volume 10 #4. p. 423-438.

Periodical articleParle, Julie; Scorgie, Fiona (2012)
See this publicationBewitching Zulu women: Umhayizo, gender, and witchcraft in KwaZulu-Natal
Abstract presentSouth African Historical Journal. Volume 64 #4. p. 852-875.

BookYaou, Régina (2012)
Les souris de Simakouss et autres faits insolites: nouvelles
Abidjan: NEI-CEDA. 245p.

Periodical articleAnugwom, Edlyne (2011)
See this publicationSomething mightier: marginalization, occult imaginations and the youth conflict in the oil-rich Niger Delta
Abstract presentAfrica Spectrum. Volume 46 #3. p. 3-26.

Periodical articleBlackbeard, Susan I. (2011)
See this publicationWorms, frogs, crabs, and the eye of God: Mpondo and Hlubi perceptions of white malevolence and surveillance
Abstract presentSouth African Historical Journal. Volume 63 #4. p. 514-536.

Periodical articleBolak Funteh, Mark (2011)
Traditions of magic, warfare and peace in the Cameroon Grassfields
Kaliao: revue pluridisciplinaire de l'École Normale Supérieure de Maroua (Cameroun), Série lettres et sciences humaines. Volume 3 #5. p. 71-89.

Periodical articleBullard, Alice (2011)
Le deni, la crypte et la magie: contributions à l'inconscient global à partir de la psychiatrie coloniale française en Afrique de l'Ouest
Psychopathologie africaine. Volume 36 #1. p. 59-104.

Periodical articleMcNaughton, Patrick (2011)
See this publicationThe smiths in Sunjata: what epics and oral traditions suggest about West African history
Abstract presentMande Studies. Volume 13. p. 1-19.

Periodical articleOjong, Vivian Besem; Fomunyam, Nicoline Bilola (2011)
Senegalese immigrant entrepreneurial entanglements and religious-cultural continuities
Abstract presentJournal for the Study of Religion. Volume 24 #1. p. 23-35.

Periodical articleRich, Jeremy (2010)
See this publication'White coronations and magical boycotts': Omyènè political strategies, clan leaders, and French rule in coastal Gabon, 1870-1920
Abstract presentInternational Journal of African Historical Studies. Volume 43 #2. p. 207-226.

Periodical articleRichards, Paul (2010)
Afro-modernism: an assessment: a study of the occult in the Sierra Leone conflict
African Studies Bulletin. #72. p. 42-67.

BookStroeken, Koen (2010)
Moral power: the magic of witchcraft
Oxford: Berghahn. Epistemologies of healing #9. 269p.

Periodical articleColleyn, Jean-Paul (2009)
Images, signes, fétiches: à propos de l'art bamana (Mali)
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 49 #195. p. 733-745.

Periodical articleHaar, Gerrie ter; Ellis, Stephen (2009)
See this publicationThe occult does not exist: a response to Terence Ranger
Abstract presentAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute. Volume 79 #3. p. 399-412.

Periodical articleMba Ndzeng, Ludovic (2009)
La mobilisation de l'invisible dans la vie politique gabonaise à partir d'une relecture de l'oeuvre de Paulin Nguema-Obam
Abstract presentRevue gabonaise de sociologie. #2. p. 155-161.

BookMommersteeg, Geert (2009)
Dans la cité des marabouts: Djenné, Mali
Brinon-sur-Sauldre: Grandvaux. 201p.

Periodical articleSpadola, Emilio (2009)
See this publicationWriting cures: religious and communicative authority in late modern Morocco
The Journal of North African Studies. Volume 14 #2. p. 155-168.

Periodical articleAwuah-Nyamekye, Samuel (2008)
Magic: its nature and meaning in traditional Akan society of Ghana
Abstract presentOrita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies. Volume 40 #1. p. 25-46.

Periodical articleHamès, Constant (2008)
Problématiques de la magie-sorcellerie en islam et perspectives africaines
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 48 #189-190. p. 81-99.

Periodical articleNwauche, E.S. (2008)
See this publicationThe right to freedom of religion and the search for justice through the occult and paranormal in Nigeria
Abstract presentAfrican Journal of International and Comparative Law. Volume 16 #1. p. 35-55.

BookPannenborg, Arnold (2008)
See this publicationHow to win a football match in Cameroon: an anthropological study of Africa's most popular sport
Abstract presentLeiden: African Studies Centre. African Studies Collection #8. 214p.

Periodical articleRich, Jeremy (2008)
See this publicationAn American sorcerer in colonial Gabon: politics and the occult in Richard Lynch Garner's Gabonese narratives, 1905-1908
Abstract presentAfrican Historical Review. Volume 40 #2. p. 62-83.

BookHamès, Constant (ed.) (2007)
Coran et talismans: textes et pratiques magiques en milieu musulman
Abstract presentParis: Karthala. Hommes et sociétés. 416p.

Periodical articleLeonardi, Cherry (2007)
See this publicationThe Poison in the Ink Bottle: Poison Cases and the Moral Economy of Knowledge in 1930s Equatoria, Sudan
Abstract presentJournal of Eastern African Studies. Volume 1 #1. p. 34-56.

Dissertation / thesisMaarouf, Mohammed (2007)
Jinn eviction as a discourse of power: a multidisciplinary approach to Moroccan magical beliefs and practices
Leiden: Brill. Islam in Africa #8. 337p.

Dissertation / thesisNgugi, Michael Wainana (2007)
Impact of Christianity among the Kikuyu people: a study of Kikuyu people religion and belief
Berlin: Viademica. Edition Theologie/Religionswissenschaften. 86p.

Conference paperSchmidt, Burghart; Schulte, Rolf (eds.) (2007)
Hexenglauben im modernen Afrika: Hexen, Hexenverfolgung und magische Vorstellungswelten = Witchcraft in modern Africa: witches, witch-hunts and magical imaginaries
Abstract presentHamburg: DOBU, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Dokumentation & Buch. Veröffentlichungen des Arbeitskreises für historische Hexen- und Kriminalitätsforschung in Norddeutschland #5. 255p.

DVD / videoThiam, As; Diop, Wasis; Campbell, James; Diop, Mame Ndoubé (eds.) (2007)
See this publicationLe sifflet
Abstract presentParis: Laterit productions.

Periodical articleMcIntosh, Janet (2006)
See this publication'Going Bush': Black Magic, White Ambivalence and Boundaries of Belief in Postcolonial Kenya
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 36 #3-4. p. 254-295.

BookCarozzi, Albert V. (2005)
Exploration minière, développement technique et animisme en Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1977): ou Kumba m'a dit
Paris: L'Harmattan. 141p.

Periodical articleIshii, Miho (2005)
See this publicationFrom Wombs to Farmland: The Transformation of Suman Shrines in Southern Ghana
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 35 #3. p. 266-295.

Periodical articleSpierenburg, Marja (2005)
See this publicationSpirits and Land Reforms: Conflict about Land in Dande, Northern Zimbabwe
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 35 #2. p. 197-231.

Dissertation / thesisSpierenburg, Marja J. (2004)
See this publicationStrangers, spirits, and land reforms: conflicts about land in Dande, northern Zimbabwe
Leiden: Brill. Afrika-Studiecentrum series #3. 255p.

BookWendl, Tobias; Beez, Jigal (eds.) (2004)
Africa screams: das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult
Abstract presentWuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag. 288p.

Periodical articleTall, Emmanuelle Kadya (2003)
Les nouveaux entrepreneurs en religion: la génération montante des chefs de cultes de possession à Cotonou (Bénin) et Salvador (Brésil)
Abstract presentAutrepart. #27. p. 75-90.

Periodical articleBrand, Gerrit (2002)
See this publicationWitchcraft and spirit beliefs in African Christian theology
Abstract presentExchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context. Volume 31 #1. p. 36-50.

Periodical articleDolan, Catherine S. (2002)
See this publicationGender and Witchcraft in Agrarian Transition: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture
Abstract presentDevelopment and Change. Volume 33 #4. September. p. 659-681.

Periodical articleLombard, M. (2002)
Bored Stones, Lithic Rings and the Concept of Holes in San Shamanism
Abstract presentAnthropology Southern Africa. Volume 25 #1-2. p. 17-27.

Periodical articlePalmisano, Antonio Luigi (2002)
See this publicationEsercizi in mistica pagana: suono e parola divina nei culti 'zar' dell'Etiopia
Abstract presentAfrica: rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione. Volume 57 #4. p. 471-501.

Periodical articleSteinhart, Edward I. (2002)
See this publicationThe resurrection of the spirits: archaeology, oral history and the Bacwezi at Munsa
Abstract presentUganda Journal. Volume 48. November. p. 71-80.

Periodical articleEllis, Stephen (2001)
See this publicationMystical Weapons: Some Evidence from the Liberian War
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 31 #2. p. 222-236.

Periodical articleHersak, Dunja (2001)
See this publicationThere Are Many Kongo Worlds: Particularities of Magico-Religious Beliefs among the Vili and Yombe of Congo-Brazzaville
Abstract presentAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute. Volume 71 #4. p. 614-640.

Periodical articleMamoudou Djingui (2001)
La magie 'tétue': la persistance de l'incompréhension
Ngaoundere-anthropos. Volume 6. p. 63-98.

Periodical articleMasoga, M.A. (2001)
Witchcraft, magic and healing: ancient Graeco-roman and African belief systems: calling for a methodology for the study of witchcraft in contemporary Africa
Journal of Religion and Theology in Namibia. Volume 3. p. 161-176.

Periodical articleTsuru, Daisaku (2001)
See this publicationGeneration and transaction processes in the spirit ritual of the Baka pygmies in southeast Cameroon
Abstract presentAfrican Study Monographs: Supplementary Issue. #27. p. 103-123.

Periodical articleAkrong, Abraham (2000)
Neo-witchcraft mentality in popular Christianity
Abstract presentResearch Review. Volume 16 #1. p. 1-12.

Periodical articleBaeke, Viviane (2000)
See this publicationL'espace des hommes, des génies et des défunts chez les Wuli (Mfumte du Cameroun occidental)
Abstract presentCivilisations. Volume 47 #1-2. p. 165-192.

Periodical articleIkuenobe, Polycarp (2000)
Internalism and the rationality of African metaphysical beliefs
Abstract presentAfrican Philosophy. Volume 13 #2. p. 125-142.

Periodical articlePetit, Pierre (2000)
See this publication'Va manger les arbres de la brousse!': les hommes, les esprits et leurs espaces chez les Luba du Katanga
Abstract presentCivilisations. Volume 47 #1-2. p. 143-163.

Book chapterMasquelier, Adeline (1999)
The invention of anti-tradition: Dodo spirits in southern Niger
Abstract presentIn: Spirit possession, modernity & power in Africa / ed. by Heike Behrend & Ute Luig. - Oxford [etc.]: James Currey [etc.]. p. 34-49.

Periodical articleMusonda, D.K. (1999)
The Christian approach to ubuloshi (witchcraft and sorcery)
African Christian Studies. Volume 15 #2. June. p. 37-59.

Periodical articleMeyer, Birgit (1998)
See this publicationThe Power of Money: Politics, Occult Forces, and Pentecostalism in Ghana
Abstract presentAfrican Studies Review. Volume 41 #3. December. p. 15-37.

BookMommersteeg, Geert (1998)
In de stad van de marabouts
Amsterdam: Prometheus. 191p.

Periodical articleNatvig, Richard Johan (1998)
See this publicationArabic Writings on Zar
Abstract presentSudanic Africa. Volume 9. p. 163-178.

Periodical articleNzuzi, B. (1998)
Approches africaines de la sorcellerie
Revue de spiritualité africaine. Volume 4 #4. November. p. 87-106.

Periodical articlePels, Peter (1998)
See this publicationThe Magic of Africa: Reflections on a Western Commonplace
Abstract presentAfrican Studies Review. Volume 41 #3. December. p. 193-209.

Periodical articleTsuru, Daisaku (1998)
See this publicationDiversity of ritual spirit performances among the Baka Pygmies in southeastern Cameroon
Abstract presentAfrican Study Monographs: Supplementary Issue. #25. p. 47-84.

Periodical articleSackey, Brigid M. (1997)
The vanishing sexual organ phenomenon in the context of Ghanaian religious beliefs
Abstract presentAfrican Anthropology. Volume 4 #2. September. p. 110-125.

Periodical articleKohnert, Dirk (1996)
See this publicationMagic and Witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and Poverty-Alleviating Aid in Africa
Abstract presentWorld Development. Volume 24 #8. August. p. 1347-1355.

Book chapterMasquelier, Adeline (1996)
Mediating Threads: Clothing and the Texture of Spirit/Medium Relations in 'Bori' (Southern Niger)
Abstract presentIn: Clothing and Difference: Embodied Identities in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa. p. 66-93.

Periodical articleRedding, Sean (1996)
See this publicationSorcery and Sovereignty: Taxation, Witchcraft, and Political Symbols in the 1880 Transkeian Rebellion
Abstract presentJournal of Southern African Studies. Volume 22 #2. June. p. 249-270.

Periodical articleMaxwell, David J. (1995)
See this publicationWitches, Prophets and Avenging Spirits: The Second Christian Movement in North-East Zimbabwe
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 25 #3. August. p. 309-339.

Periodical articleN'dombe-Kawish' B. (1995)
Black and white magic in Elechi Amadi's The great ponds
Cahiers des religions africaines. Volume 29 #57. p. 21-31.

Periodical articleRakotoarimanana, Marcelle (1995)
Maladies, pratiques thérapeutiques et sorcellerie à Vinaninkarena (centre de Madagascar)
Abstract presentÉtudes océan Indien. #19. p. 53-69.

Periodical articleMasquelier, Adeline M. (1994)
See this publicationLightning, Death and the Avenging Spirits: Bori Values in a Muslim World
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 24 #1. February. p. 2-51.

Periodical articleTirouvanziam-Louis, L. (1994)
Note sur la magie à Pondichéry
Travaux & documents (Université de la Réunion. Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines). #4. juin. p. 65-75.

Periodical articleWyllie, Robert W. (1994)
See this publicationDo the Effutu Really Believe That Spirits Cause Illness?
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 24 #3. p. 228-240.

Periodical articleBabalola, E.O. (1993)
The Persistence of African Traditional Medicine in Contemporary Nigerian Society
Abstract presentAfricana Marburgensia. Volume 26 #1-2. p. 4-13.

Conference paperComaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John (eds.) (1993)
Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa
Abstract presentChicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. 233p.

BookLambek, Michael (1993)
Knowledge and practice in Mayotte: local discourses of Islam, sorcery, and spirit possession
Abstract presentToronto: University of Toronto Press. Anthropological horizons #3. 468p.

Book chapterMasquelier, Adeline M. (1993)
Narratives of power, images of wealth: The ritual economy of 'Bori' in the market
Abstract presentIn: Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa. p. 3-33.

Book chapterSchmoll, Pamela G. (1993)
Black stomachs, beautiful stones: soul-eating among Hausa in Niger
Abstract presentIn: Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa. p. 193-220.

Periodical articleJohnson, Douglas H. (1992)
See this publicationOn Disciples and Magicians: The Diversification of Divinity among the Nuer during the Colonial Era
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 22 #1. February. p. 2-22.

Periodical articleN'Dombe-Kawish B. (1991)
Black and white magic: in Elechi Amadi's The great ponds
Pistes et recherches. Volume 6 #2. p. 173-190.

Periodical articleYoshida, Kenji (1991)
Masks and Transformation among the Cewa of Eastern Zambia
Abstract presentSenri Ethnological Studies. #31. p. 203-273.

Book chapterGrotberg, Edith H. (1990)
Mental Health Aspects of 'Zar' for Women in Sudan
Abstract presentIn: Women's mental health in Africa. p. 15-24.

Periodical articleLewis, Herbert S. (1990)
See this publicationGada, Big Man, K'allu: Political Succession among the Eastern Mech'a Oromo
Abstract presentNortheast African Studies. Volume 12 #1. p. 43-64.

Periodical articleOgunjimi, Bayo (1990)
Metaphysics and magic consciousness: towards a theory of combat literature in Africa and the diaspora
Abstract presentAfrican Notes: Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Volume 14 #1-2. p. 1-9.

Periodical articleMachagija, P. (1989-1990)
The problem of metapsychics in the Christian circles
Kipalapala Leo Magazine. Volume 29. p. 15-19.

Periodical articleBourdillon, M.F.C. (1988)
See this publicationMagic, Communication and Efficacy
Zambezia. Volume 15 #1. p. 27-41.

Periodical articlePicton, John (1988)
See this publicationSome Ebira Reflexions on the Energies of Women
Abstract presentAfrican Languages and Cultures. Volume 1 #1. p. 61-76.

BookHock, Klaus (1987)
Gott und Magie im Swahili-Islam: zur Transformation religiöser Inhalte am Beispiel von Gottesvorstellung und magischen Praktiken
Abstract presentKöln: Böhlau. Kölner Veröffentlichungen zur Religionsgeschichte #12. 214p.

Periodical articleOseovo-Onibere, S.G.A. (1986)
Eto: a retributive principle in Owhe society
Abstract presentAfrican Notes: Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Volume 10 #1. p. 38-44.

BookGibbal, Jean-Marie (1984)
Guérisseurs et magiciens du Sahel
Paris: Éditions A.M. Métailié. Collection Traversées. 160p.

Book chapterOkazaki, Akira (1984)
Living together with 'bad things': the persistance of Gâmk notions of mystical agents
Abstract presentIn: Sudan Sahel studies: vol. I. p. 95-138.

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