Belief and Experience Among the Sidamo: A Case Study Towards an Anthropology of Knowledge

by Jan Brogger

Based on extensive field work among the Sidamo of Southwestern Ethiopia and close analysis of the basic structure of their society, this enlightening study explores how the Sidamo's interpretation of destiny--especially disease and misfortune--is expressed in the spirit cult that forms a substantial part of their ritual.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8200077101
• ISBN13: 9788200077107
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"