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The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon Dancing in West and North Africa
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The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon Dancing in West and North Africa

A J N Tremearne
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  1. The author has been hoping for several years to visit Tunis and Tripoli, but owing to various causes, he was unable to attain the fulfillment of this desire for a time. His wife went with him to Tunis and helped him, but as this book is a record of work and not of personal anecdotes, no allusion is made to themselves except where necessary in connection with some particular statement. Contents: Origin of the Hausa Colonies in North Africa; Totemism and King Killing; Personal Enhancement and Dress; Habitations and Domestic Life; Birth and Puberty; Marriage and Divorce; Death and the Afterlife; Magic; Magic in the House and in the Fields; Superstitions and Omens; Pilgrimages and Festivals; Bori; Origin of Demons and Demon Dancing. Copiously illustrated throughout.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
23 May 2010
Pages
564
ISBN
9781161407693
  1. The author has been hoping for several years to visit Tunis and Tripoli, but owing to various causes, he was unable to attain the fulfillment of this desire for a time. His wife went with him to Tunis and helped him, but as this book is a record of work and not of personal anecdotes, no allusion is made to themselves except where necessary in connection with some particular statement. Contents: Origin of the Hausa Colonies in North Africa; Totemism and King Killing; Personal Enhancement and Dress; Habitations and Domestic Life; Birth and Puberty; Marriage and Divorce; Death and the Afterlife; Magic; Magic in the House and in the Fields; Superstitions and Omens; Pilgrimages and Festivals; Bori; Origin of Demons and Demon Dancing. Copiously illustrated throughout.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
23 May 2010
Pages
564
ISBN
9781161407693

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