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Notes and correspondence: magic and witchcraft : Diary; Correspondence; Ephemera 1930-1934

Author
Richards, Audrey
Published
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
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1 online resource
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Language Note
Text in English, Bemba.
Summary
Description: Notes by Audrey Richards and other authors, and correspondence concerning a dictionary of animals, insects, trees, and plants believed to have magical powers; notes on medicine horns used by the Bemba; five different methods of evoking spirits; essays by Lubwa boys on divination (written in Bemba); statements and letter by Fox-Pitt concerning the murder of a young woman who was believed to be a witch-diviner; comparative material summarising aspects of magic and witchcraft among Ba-Ila, Ubena, Balamba and Bakaonde tribes; Fiwa and illness, misfortune and death; information from Mulenga on magic and witchcraft; 'The pragmatic value of magic in primitive societies', article by Richards with reference to African societies in general; magical chants; miscellaneous notes on magic and witchcraft; further notes on horns and charms used in Bemba magic and ritual and an account of spirit possession.
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AMDigital Reference: RICHARDS/1/15.
Original Version
Reproduction of: Notes and correspondence: magic and witchcraft 1930-1934.
Location of Originals
London School of Economics and Political Science
Copyright Note
© Ursula Brooke. Material sourced from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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