Sacred leaves of Candomblé : African magic, medicine, and religion in Brazil / by Voeks, Robert A., 1950-

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Clouds of witnesses : Christian voices from Africa and Asia / by Noll, Mark A., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Sundar Singh (1889-1929?) : mysterious mystic --…”
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The legacies of Albert Schweitzer reconsidered /

Table of Contents: “…Considering Albert Schweitzer's legacy: ethical mysticism and colonialism -- chapter 3. Colonisation as an obstacle to civilisation: a critical evaluation of Albert Schweitzer's experiences and observations -- part 2. …”
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Inventing Africa history, archaeology and ideas / by Derricourt, Robin M.

Table of Contents: “…The changing shape and perception of 'Africa' -- 2. Mythic and mystic Africa -- 3. Looking both ways: the enigma of Raymond Dart -- 4. …”
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Inventing Africa : history, archaeology and ideas / by Derricourt, Robin M.

Table of Contents: “…The changing shape and perception of 'Africa' -- 2. Mythic and mystic Africa -- 3. Looking both ways: the enigma of Raymond Dart -- 4. …”
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Africa's quest for a philosophy of decolonization / by Kebede, Messay

Table of Contents: “…Preliminary Material -- Western Discourses on Africa -- Between Evolutionism and Pluralism: Tempels's Path to HumanSameness -- The Holy Grail of Otherness -- Sameness Versus Otherness -- Particularism Versus Otherness -- The Future as Forward Movement into the Past: The ConstructednessOf Identity -- Colonization Without Colonizers:The Phenomenon of African Elitism -- Ethnicity and State Formation: The Mystical Root of Nationhood -- Harnessing Myth to Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index -- Value Inquiry Book Series.…”
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Empire and Jihad : the Anglo-Arab wars of 1870-1920 / by Faulkner, Neil

Table of Contents: “…A Muslim prophet -- 9. A Christian mystic -- 10. A modern crusader -- Part IV. The spectre o f Jihad -- 11. …”
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African gods : contemporary rituals and beliefs / by Lainé, Daniel, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- African religions -- Vodun -- For the Bamileke, death does not exist -- The Hogon foregoes physical contact -- Blue, the color of ritual death -- Sexual intercourse as mystical expression -- Westerners are considered ugly -- Witches have four eyes -- The symbolism of beads -- Ritual slavery -- Insanity as blessing -- The power of women is feared -- A masked healer -- Chaste magicians -- The intiates' sacred dance -- Ashantis forced their enemies to walk barefoot -- Followers of the high priest of the sacred forest -- Strict codes of conduct -- Zionist Christian women -- The god Sanponna protects against epidemics -- A "penis shrinker" -- Praying for a cure -- Priest in a mystic coma -- In the land of the dead -- The lbidio priest remains in the village -- Masks are dangerous -- The power of elephant tusks -- Soothsayers can see the spirits of the dead -- Fear of magic -- Too see means to know -- The punishment for insulting God is death -- The sacred statue of Ohafia -- The soul of the deceased floats overhead -- The skull has a soul -- A witch-child in Kinshasa -- Shango, god of lightning -- Messenger of the gods -- The sacred languages of the vodun -- Eyos are guardians of the soul -- The Orisha of Nigeria -- The spiritual son of the god of lightning -- Ritual vodun equipment -- Sixteen is a sacred number -- Death of a king -- Attracting Agni gods -- Gambada, a very violent deity -- The priest makes the sun turn -- Young initiates are not permitted to speak -- Slaves of the gods -- Sacred slaves -- Mahounon, princess of the universe -- The Daho Kpassenon and the iroko tree -- The Amazons of Abomey -- Worshipping the python -- Twin ritual and the goddess Mami Wata -- Twins share a soul -- Exorcism of a child -- A vodun altar -- The fetish of the sacred forest -- Sakpata, god of disease -- A young man carrying a vodun on his shoulders -- Vodun flags -- Eyes rolled upwards -- Spirits have no face -- The fa oracle -- Foreign is good -- The prophet speaking to God -- The prophet Samuel -- Spirits and deities -- The palanquin and the power of the vodun -- Vodun-tron gods are shy -- The Christian cross plays a part in vodun ceremonies -- Vodun as improvised theater -- The phallus dance -- Koku worshippers -- Possession by a deity -- A thirst for blood -- The gods enjoy music -- Voduns love schnapps -- The role of plastic toys in ritual -- Secrecy is at the heart of the vodun faith -- Soothsayers are chosen before birth -- Saint Michael in the role of Ogun, god of war and iron -- Celestial Christians fighting vodun influence -- Spirits hiding in the bush -- Punishment of criminals -- Nigerian businessmen -- Westerners initiated into vodun -- The goddess of water -- Beautiful Mami Wata -- Spiritual transformation -- The Sagoma throws her voice -- Fetishes from the far side of the universe -- Ndebele necklaces -- Becoming a woman -- The curse of the Gcaleka of South Africa -- Ritual murders and magic charms -- South African Zionist Christians -- "When an elder dies..." -- Stoning for those accused of witchcraft -- Dreams as cure -- White symbolizes moral rectitude -- White, the color of rebirth -- The Zionist Christian church -- Jumping as an aid to prayer -- Fear of witches -- The griotte's story -- The balafon xylophone -- The griot's song -- Griots and the musical tradition -- The Bwiti ceremony and the role of women -- "Angels" under the influence -- The Society of Cherubim and Seraphim -- Westerners are flawed -- A mystical acrobat -- The marks of God -- Vodun, a religion of life -- Dangerous Xhosa initiation rites -- Circumcision as a rite of passage -- Woman-goddess -- Seeing is believing -- The Fela shrine -- Initiation celebrations -- The soul-eater -- The end of the world is nigh -- Polygamy and the Harrist faith -- Albert Atcho, the devil's confessor -- Shango punishes with lightning -- Noli, land of ghosts -- Fear of witchcraft-- The saber protects the Ashanto chief -- Akan gold -- Two souls -- Masks as protection -- Holy water, holy bullets -- Mystic Africa -- Lagos, capital of miracles -- Vodun fetishes.…”

Practicing Sufism : Sufi politics and performance in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts -- A Darfur-Doha encounter and a Sufi mystic's whirling for peace / Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf -- Rethinking the distinction between popular and reform sufism in Egypt: an examination of the mawlid of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi / Jacquelene Brinton.…”
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A night in Tunisia : imaginings of Africa in jazz / by Weinstein, Norman C., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Opening night in Tunisia : an introduction -- Earliest intimations of a return to the motherland -- Madame Zzaj testifies why a drum is a woman -- "A night in Tunisia" : the evolution of a standard --John Coltrane : sounding the African cry for paradise -- George Russell teaches us to play the African game -- John Carter : the play of roots and folklore -- Count Ossie and the mystic revelation of Rastafari : to Mozambique via Marcus Garvey Drive -- Randy Weston : talking piano like a drum shouting freedom -- Max Roach : drumming the tales of African and African-American liberation -- Pierre Dørge : travelling through a new world jungle armed with guitar and orchestra -- Archie Shepp : magical portraits for the diaspora -- Yusef Lateef : re-visioning the geography of the blues -- Sunny Murray and the creation of time -- Ronald Shannon Jackson : journey to Africa without end -- Beyond the Americanization of Ooga Booga : charting the pathways of Afrocentric imagination.…”

Conrad's Heart of Darkness : a Critical and Contextual Discussion. by Watts, Cedric Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Atavistic Psychlogy and Satanic Mysticism -- Nordau and Russell; iii. The Virtue of Evil; iv. …”
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Futurism and the African imagination : literature and other arts /

Table of Contents: “…A Niger Delta Writer's Reflection on Arts, Politics, and Society / A Conversation between Tanure Ojaide and Dike Okoro -- African Fiction and the Prison Experience / An Interview with Benjamin Kwakye -- Afrobeat Poetry and the African Imagination / A Conversation between Ikwunga Wonodi and Dike Okoro -- The Story of Akorshi Litong Mystical Dance: A Bette-Bendi Cultural Production / A Conversation between Joe Ushie and Dike Okoro -- A Conversation between Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and Dike Okoro -- A Conversation between Bruce Onobrakeya and Dike Okoro: Conclusion.…”

Islam and social change in French West Africa : history of an emancipatory community / by Hanretta, Sean, 1972-

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Islam and social change in French West Africa : history of an emancipatory community / by Hanretta, Sean, 1972-

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