Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon Dancing in West and North Africa

The author has been hoping for several years to visit Tunis & Tripoli, but owing to various causes, he was unable to attain the fulfillment of this desire for a time. His wife went with him to Tunis and helped him, but as this book is a record of work & not of personal anecdotes, no allusion is made to themselves except where necessary in connection with some particular statement. Contents: Origin of the Hausa Colonies in North Africa; Totemism & King Killing; Personal Enhancement & Dress; Habitations & Domestic Life; Birth & Puberty; Marriage & Divorce; Death & the Afterlife; Magic; Magic in the House & in the Fields; Superstitions & Omens; Pilgrimages & Festivals; Bori; Origin of Demons & Demon Dancing. Copiously illustrated throughout.