%0 Book Section
%T innocent sorcerer: coping with evil in two African societies (Kapsiki & Dogon)
%A Beek, W. E. A. van
%B religion in africa : experience & expression
%S Monograph series of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University
%D 1994
%V v. 4
%I J. Currey ; Heinemann
%C London
%@ 0435080814
%G English
%F fa16-026
%O Walter E. A. van Beek
%O from Divinity  ; pages: 76 ; to analysis 12/98; analysis completed 1/14/99. 76 text pages.
%O Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-484)
%X In this article, van Beek discusses Dogon witchcraft and notions of evil and compares them with those of the Kapsiki from northern Cameroon. Dogon personality and self are deeply embedded in the community and kin group. For them evil is an anonymous force, originating from the bush, which precipitates a person's falling-out with the community. Evil is spread through the careless use of words and speaking ill of someone. It is seen as a poison that is ingested orally. Protective and purifying rituals involve chewing special roots and barks, drinking, taking an emetic, and exhibiting polite beahvior in rituals. Attached to this article is a 41-page bibliography on African religion.
%K Dogons (African people)
%K Dogon
%K Information sources listed in other works
%K Sorcery
%K General character of religion
%K Magic
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fa16-026
%P 196-228, 443-483
%[ 2022-06-29