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Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg
Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg

By Susan J. Rasmussen

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Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are sometimes possessed by spirits called "the people of solitude." The evening curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drummin...

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The poetics and politics of Tuareg aging
The poetics and politics of Tuareg aging

By Susan J. Rasmussen

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In this unique ethnographical study of the people of the Kel Ewey confederation of Tuareg, Rasmussen explores concepts of age and aging in an African culture. A seminomadic community in northern Ni...

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