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The Sorcerer's Burden: The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family 2016 Edition
Contributor(s): Stoller, Paul (Author)

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 ISBN: 3319318047     ISBN-13: 9783319318042
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE: $33.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306
Series: Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.06" W x 8.6" L (0.85 lbs) 209 pages
 
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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.

 
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