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Ghostly vengeance among the Luo of Kenya
Man • 50 • Published In 1950 • Pages: 86-87
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
Abstract
The author, a prominent British social anthropologist, discusses in this article the Luo belief that an aggrieved ghost will cause sickness and injury to those who wronged it in life, and the means by which its wrath could be appeased.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1936
- Coverage Date
- 1936-1950
- Coverage Place
- Luoland, Kenya
- Notes
- by Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- LCCN
- sf 80000548
- LCSH
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)