Fusion of the Worlds

"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."—Choice

"Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and spirits become flesh and blood in the ''fusion'' with human existence. . . . An excellent demonstration of the benefits of a new genre of ethno...