Witchcraft, development and paranoia in Cameroon: interactions between popular, academic and state discourse

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 226-246

  Fisiy, Cyprian F ^a   Geschiere, Peter ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203398258-11     Document Type: Chapter

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