Independent spirits: The politics of policing anti-witchcraft movements in colonial Ghana, 1908-1927

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-158

  Gray, Natasha ^a  

^a Lawrence University

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EID: 66149143293     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570066054024668     Document Type: Review

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