Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 /
[Book]
Katherine Luongo
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
xiv, 243 p. :
ill., maps ;
24 cm
African studies ;
116
Includes bibliographical references and index
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue
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British-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century
Colonial administrators-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century
Kamba (African people)-- History-- 20th century
Trials (Witchcraft)-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century
Witchcraft-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century
Witchcraft-- Law and legislation-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century
Witchcraft-- Political aspects-- Kenya-- History-- 20th century