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II. Kipsigis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2012

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In asking a Kipsigis the question ‘What is a witch?’ there is a difficulty, for firstly, what does the questioner exactly mean by the word ‘witch’? How much does he include under the term ‘witchcraft’? Again, what word is one to use to translate ‘witch’ or ‘witchcraft’? There is a great variety of phenomena which may be included under this term. They are all distinct in the Kipsigis mind and are denoted by different words. There is no word which includes them, all comparable to the English word ‘witchcraft’.

Type
The African Explains Witchcraft
Information
Africa , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1935 , pp. 509 - 515
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1935

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