In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
University of Chicago Press, 1989
Cloth: 978-0-226-77542-5 | Paper: 978-0-226-77543-2 | Electronic: 978-0-226-09829-6
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226098296.001.0001
Cloth: 978-0-226-77542-5 | Paper: 978-0-226-77543-2 | Electronic: 978-0-226-09829-6
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226098296.001.0001
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ABOUT THIS BOOKAUTHOR BIOGRAPHYTABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Paul Stoller is professor of anthropology at West Chester University. He is also a research associate in the department of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. Cheryl Olkes is director of Harmattan, a gallery of African arts in Washington, D.C.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Personae
Part I. 1976-77
Part II. 1979-80
Part III. 1981
Part IV. 1982-83
Part V. 1984
Epilogue: In Sorcery's Shadow
Glossary