Spirit Possession and Personhood Among the Kel Ewey Tuareg

by Susan J. Rasmussen

Book Overview

Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are sometimes possessed by spirits called 'the people of solitude'. The evening curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drumming... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521470072
• ISBN13: 9780521470070
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"