Wombs and alien spirits
Brauchtum
Musulmanes
Spirit possession
Riten
Vie sexuelle
Muslim women
Mariage
Sex customs
Islam
New York Times reviewed
Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village in northern Sudan, Wombs and Alien Spirits explores the zâr cult, the most widely practiced traditional healing cult in Africa. Adherents of the cult are usually women with marital or fertility problems, who are possessed by spi…
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