Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Malidoma Patrice Some

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ISBN 10: 0874777623 ISBN 13: 9780874777628

Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994

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Hardcover in DJ; 311pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, endpapers illustrated with map, previous owner's name to bottom edge, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Autobiography of a West African shaman.

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Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Publication Date

1994

ISBN 10

0874777623

ISBN 13

9780874777628

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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Very Good

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Very Good

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An African shaman recounts his childhood as a virtual prisoner in a Christian seminary, his initial rejection by his fellow Africans, and the death-defying Dagara initiation ritual he performed that reconnected him to his heritage and people.

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Malidoma Patrice Some taught literature at the University of Michigan.

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