Invoking the invisible in the Sahara : Islam, spiritual mediation, and social change /

"In this innovative new history, Erin Pettigrew utilizes invisible forces and entities - esoteric knowledge and spirits - to show how these forms of knowledge and unseen forces have shaped social structures, religious norms, and political power in the Saharan West. Situating this ethnographic h...

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Main Author:	Pettigrew, Erin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Series:	African studies series ; 159 African studies series ; 159 African studies series 159 African studies series
Subjects:	Islamic occultism > Mauritania Islamic occultism > Western Sahara Supernatural > Religious aspects > Islam Supernatural Occultisme islamique > Mauritanie Occultisme islamique > Sahara occidental Surnaturel HISTORY / Africa / General Islamic occultism supernatural Mauritania > History, Local Western Sahara > History, Local Mauritania Western Sahara Local history

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