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In a number of revealing African cases, the word that denotes the essence of witchcraft (e.g., tsau among the West African Tiv and itonga among the East African Safwa), the epitome of illegitimate antisocial activity, also describes the righteous wrath of established authority, employed to curse wrongdoers.
Some of the most notable African witchcraft traditions include Vodun, Hoodoo, Santería, the Ifá/Orisha religion, and Candomblé, each with its unique blend of African, indigenous, and sometimes Christian or Catholic influences.
WITCHCRAFT: AFRICAN WITCHCRAFT. As a set of beliefs that varies region by region and has a good many consequences in everyday life, African witchcraft is in many respects similar to corresponding sets of beliefs found among peoples of other continents.
The idea of witchcraft, which might loosely be defined as the belief that people exist who use supernatural means to harm others, has existed in African societies from the precolonial, through the colonial, and into the postcolonial periods.
Discover the varying practices, origins, and modern-day applications of african witchcraft. And learn what comes with being an african witch.
This chapter explains the commitments that differ in certain respects from other anthropologists whose work engages with the dynamics and meanings of witchcraft in contemporary life throughout Africa.
This essay explores the traditional African philosophical foundations that gave rise to current perspectives on the supernatural within contempor.
