This book explores how local development interventions related to witchcraft in Africa intersect and conflict with globally accepted development practices. It a

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Security is a key topic of our time. But how do we understand it? Do law and religion take different views of it? In this fifth volume in the Law and Religion i

This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches' village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and

This contributed volume provides an in-depth understanding of contemporary debates, discussions and insights on Indigenous social work theory, education and pra