The Sorcerer''s Burden : The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016 ed.
by
Paul Stoller
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
ISBN-10
331981124X
ISBN-13
9783319811246
Edition
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016 ed.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 14th, 2018
Print length
209 Pages
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This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden.
This book emerges from the author''s 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father''s successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer''s burden. The book also describes how custodians of traditional knowledge are creatively adapting to the forces of globalization-all in a highly accessible narrative text.
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