On living in a world with witches: Everyday epistemology and spiritual insecurity in a modern African city (Soweto)

Magical Interpretations, Material Realities: Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 206-225

  Ashforth, Adam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203398258-10     Document Type: Chapter

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