Witch Camps and Witchcraft Discourse in Africa - Critiquing Development Practices

This book explores how local development interventions related to witchcraft in Africa intersect and conflict with globally accepted development practices. It argues for expansion and diversification of development practices and problematizes international development practices that can jeopardize the well-being of the people it seeks to support.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: 'Witches Are Falling From The Sky': Problematising Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices In Africa
Chapter 1: Who is a Witch? Judgement, Facts, Truths and Knowledge
Chapter 2: After Judgment: Experiences of Navigating Life in Communities of Refuge
Chapter 3: Limitless Opportunities for Wealth? Witchcraft/Occult as a Strategy for (In)Equality and Economic (Dis) Empowerment
Chapter 4: Intervening in 'Witch Camps': A Contestation and Controversy
Conclusion: Decolonisation of Development Epistemes, Knowledge, and Practices
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Matthew Gmalifo Mabefam

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Gmalifo Mabefam
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666918496
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-849-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Politics & government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies