WAHRSAGER IN (WEST-) AFRIKA: Ausgewählte Literatur
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1941 The Sanctions of Ifa Divination, JRAI 81 (1941), 2, 43-54.
1969 IFA Divination. Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa. Bloomington, London 1969.
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1964 Divination in Bunyoro Uganda, Sociologus 14,1, pp. 44-61.
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1974 Ifa divination in Igala, Africa 44, 350-60.
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1939 Ifa Divination, JRAI 69, 235-56.
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1981 Géomancie et le culte d'Afa chez les Evhé, Paris (?).
Devisch, Renaat
1985 Perspectives on Divination in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa, in: Wim van Binsbergen und Matthew Schoffeleers: Theoretical Explorations in African Religion, London, Boston, Melbourne und Henley.
Dittmer, Kunz
1958 Die Methoden des Wahrsagens im Ober-Volta-Gebiet und seine Beziehungen zur Jägerkultur. Baessler-Archiv, N.F., 6, 1, 1-60.
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1992 Meaning without intention: Lessons from divination. In: Jane H. Hill and Judith T. Irvine: Responsibility and Evidence in Oral Discourse. Cambridge (University Press), pp. 48-71.
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1976 Chasse rituelle, divination et reconduction de l'ordre socio-politique chez les Serer du Sine (Sénégal), Homme 16, 1, 5-32.
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1973 Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande. Oxford.
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1940 Divination among the Tallensi of the Gold Coast, Man 40, p. 12
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1987 Divination: religious premisses and logical techniques, in: Religion, morality and the person. Essays on Tallensi religion, ed. J. Goody, pp. 1-21, Cambridge
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1981 Art and Death in a Senufo Village, Bloomington.
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1962 Death, Property and the Ancestors. A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lodagaa of West Africa, Stanford (California).
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1983 Into the Heart of Sissala Experience: Witnessing Death Divination. Journal of Anthropological Research 39 (1), 60-80
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1976 Quelques formes de divination parmi les Wobé et les Guéré de Côte d'Ivoire, Anthropos 71, 3-4, 473-507.
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1962 Les Toura. Esquisse d'une civilisation montagnarde de Côte d'Ivoire, Paris.
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1986 God, Shrines, and Problem-solving among the Anufo of Northern Ghana, Berlin.
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1973 Divination among the Sisala of Northern Ghana. Ph.D. Thesis, Cambridge University 1973.
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Tait, David
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2006 Diviners, Malams, God, and the Contest for Paramount Chiefship in Mamprugu (Northern Ghana). Anthropos 101, 21-35.
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1986 Bemerkungen zur religiösen Organisation der Tussian (Burkina Faso). In: Festschrift für Annemarie Schweeger-Hefel (S. 104-11: Die Wahrsager. 2.5.1.: Die Einweihung zum Wahrsager).
Turner, Victor
1961 Ndembu Divination, its Symbolism and Techniques, Manchester.
1967 The Forest of Symbols, Ithaca.
1968 The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia, Oxford.
1975 Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual, London.
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1980 Kauri-Orakel, Archiv für Völkerkunde 34, 61-79.
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1970 Divination and Face-Work, Brit. J. Sociol. 21 (1970), 1, 52-62.
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