The Sorcerer's Burden : the Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family.
Stoller, Paul.
2016
H1-970.9
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Title The Sorcerer's Burden : the Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family.
Author Stoller, Paul.
ISBN 9783319318059
3319318055
3319318047
9783319318042
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31805-9.
Publication Details Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (202 pages)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-31805-9. doi
Call Number H1-970.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 300
Summary This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden. The book also describes how custodians of traditional knowledge are creatively adapting to the forces of globalization--all in a highly accessible narrative text.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Series Palgrave studies in literary anthropology.
Available in Other Form Sorcerer's Burden : The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family.
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Part One: Paris, 2000
Part Two: Tillaberi, Niger 2000-2001
Part Three: Niger/Paris 2001
Epilogue.

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