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Bakkuarticle 1980 • Vernon, Diane
Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
Vernon writes about a realtively new (post-1972) category of possessing spirits among the Ndyuka, called BAKUU, which she argues are related to acculturation. The Bakuu originate in the coastal city of Paramaribo and are either purchased, or unwittin...