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Black Magic, White Magic & the Theory of Magic

Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust

Africa in Comparison

by Peter Geschiere

Geschiere explores why witchcraft fears so often arise among kin and close neighbours, framing witchcraft as the dark side of intimacy. Comparing African material with European witch trials, Brazilian Candomblé and other cases, he asks how trust can be built where danger is believed to come from those nearest at hand.

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