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Title:Temne witchcraft beliefs in rural and urban settings in Sierra Leone
Author:Gamble, David P.
Year:1973
Periodical:Africana Research Bulletin
Volume:4
Issue:4
Pages:3-13
Language:English
Geographic term:Sierra Leone
Subjects:Temne
witchcraft
Abstract:This study compares witchcraft incidents and beliefs among the Temne in three communities in Sierra Leone: in Lunsar, a modern town of over 10,000 people which has grown up near an open-cast iron-ore mine; in the surrounding hamlets which are basically agricultural and traditional in outlook though many unskilled mine workers live there; and in and around Rokupr, a large village and trading centre in the heart of rice-growing country about forty miles north-west of Lunsar. Sections: Introduction - Lunsar - Witchcraft in the Hamlets around Lunsar - Witchcraft in the Rokupr Area - Comparison between Lunsar and Rokupr - Conclusions. Notes.
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