Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte

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On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and therap...

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On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and therap...

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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9781442638617
  • Publication Date: 4 Oct 1993
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM