African Divination Systems

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This volume of finely crafted case studies is also the vehicle foran important general theory of divination.... this is a book overflowing with ideasthat will powerfully stimulate further research." -- Journal of RitualStudies"The essays in this collection provide a very usefuloverview of both the diversity of African divination systems and of recentapproaches to their study." -- ChoiceThis unique collectionof essays by an exceptional international group of Africanists demonstrates thecentral role that divination continues to play throughout Africa in maintainingcultural systems and in guiding human action. African Divination Systems offersinsights for current discussions in comparative epistemology, cross-culturalpsychology, cognition studies, semiotics, ethnoscience, religious studies, andanthropology.

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