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This study suggests that the balance in Africa, between the prevalence of witchcraft and the forces of modernity, stems both from obsession with power and from the increasing feeling of powerlessness among the people. It also gives a parallel with aspects of politics in Western democracies.

The Modernity of Witchcraft

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    A Paperback by Peter Geschiere, Janet Roitman (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA), Peter Geschiere

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: 4/30/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813917030, 978-0813917030
      ISBN10: 0813917034
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      Satanism / demonology Witchcraft / Witches

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      Book Synopsis
      This study suggests that the balance in Africa, between the prevalence of witchcraft and the forces of modernity, stems both from obsession with power and from the increasing feeling of powerlessness among the people. It also gives a parallel with aspects of politics in Western democracies.

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