Kupilikula: Governance and the Invisible Realm in Mozambique
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On the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers are said to feed on their victims, sometimes "making" lions or transforming into lions to literally devour their flesh. When the ruling FRELIMO party subscribed to socialism, it condemned sorcery beliefs and counter-sorcery practices as false consciousness, but since undertaking neoliberal reform, the party--still in power after three electoral cycles--has "tolerated tradition," leaving villagers...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226894053
ISBN13:9780226894058
Release Date:September 2005
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.12 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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