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Title:The Trial of a Witch: A Document from Ghana
Author:Klingshirn, Ages
Year:1971
Periodical:Africana Marburgensia
Volume:4
Issue:1
Pages:19-26
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:healers
psychotherapy
witchcraft
criminal law
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Religion and Witchcraft
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Abstract:The document presented is the record of a witch trial in Ghana in 1930. It gives a full detailed account of such a trial. Explanatory comments are given at the end.