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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Beek, W. E. A. van
Title:
The innocent sorcerer: coping with evil in two African
societies (Kapsiki & Dogon)
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Religion in Africa : experience & expression, edited
by Thomas D. Blakely, Walter E. A. van Beek, Dennis L. Thompson with the assistance of
Linda Hunter Adams, Merrill E. Oates
Published By: Original publisher
Religion in Africa : experience & expression, edited
by Thomas D. Blakely, Walter E. A. van Beek, Dennis L. Thompson with the assistance of
Linda Hunter Adams, Merrill E. Oates
London ; Portsmouth, N.H.: J. Currey ; Heinemann. 1994.
196-228, 443-483 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Walter E. A. van Beek
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Dogon (FA16)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Information sources listed in other works (113);
Sorcery (754);
General character of religion (771);
Magic (789);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
26
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fa16-026
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-484)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1978-1992
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ; 1999
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1978-1992
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tireli, Bandiagara, Mali
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dogons (African people)
