"This volume of finely crafted case studies is also the vehicle for an important general theory of divination.... this is a book overflowing with ideas that wil

From crab divination in the Cameroon to friction oracles in the Congo Basin, from reading cast objects in Mozambique to spirit possession in Cote d'Ivoire, from

Afa is an ancient system of divination that is widely used in many indigenous African traditional spiritual systems throughout West Africa, and in the global Di

This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.

Twenty-eight African cultures are represented here by artifacts created to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods, about such issues as health, conceptio