Magic and warfare : appearance and reality in contemporary African conflict and beyond

Magic and warfare appearance and reality in contemporary African conflict and beyond

"Magic" in contemporary Africa -- Spirits in battle -- Thinking about practice in warfare -- Notes on the case study -- The Sierra Leone Civil War and civil defence -- Spiritual context as habitus and capital -- Creating magic soldiers : Kamajor mobilisation and initiation -- The Kamajors...

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1. Verfasser: Wlodarczyk, Nathalie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Military art and science > Magic > Political aspects > Shamans > War and society > Ethnic conflict > War > Religious aspects > Sierra Leone > History > Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone > Magie > Geschichte > Afrika > Krieg
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Zusammenfassung:"Magic" in contemporary Africa -- Spirits in battle -- Thinking about practice in warfare -- Notes on the case study -- The Sierra Leone Civil War and civil defence -- Spiritual context as habitus and capital -- Creating magic soldiers : Kamajor mobilisation and initiation -- The Kamajors in battle : magic, tactics, and success -- Local practice and the wider world of warfare.
"Magic" in contemporary Africa -- Spirits in battle -- Thinking about practice in warfare -- Notes on the case study -- The Sierra Leone Civil War and civil defence -- Spiritual context as habitus and capital -- Creating magic soldiers : Kamajor mobilisation and initiation -- The Kamajors in battle : magic, tactics, and success -- Local practice and the wider world of warfare
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index
Beschreibung:XVIII, 188 S.
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23 cm
ISBN:9780230621022
978-0-230-62102-2
0230621023
0-230-62102-3