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Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger Paperback - 2001
by Adeline Masquelier
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"With its rich primary data about bori, its creativity and freshness, "Prayer Has Spoiled Everything" will be of enormous interest to Africanists and to religion scholars of many types."--Karen McCarthy Brown, author of "Mama Lola: A Voodou Priestess in Brooklyn"
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- Title Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger
- Author Adeline Masquelier
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Duke University Press, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-03-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780822326397 / 0822326396
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.77 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.96 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects Mawri (African people) - Niger -, Bori (Cult) - Niger - Dogondoutchi
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00047696
- Dewey Decimal Code 299.37
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- Choice, 11/01/2001, Page 554
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