Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession

by Michael Lambek

Book Overview

On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, on social accountability, and on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802077838
• ISBN13: 9780802077837
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"