a ‘spiritual war’ against family members who are accused of witchcraft, puts enormous stress on intimate social relationships. Moreover, the endless requirement to offer money to the church means that bills and school fees cannot be paid, increasing
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Steven Brooke, Dafne Accoroni, Olga Ulturgasheva, Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, Eugenia Roussou, Francesco Vacchiano, Jeffrey D. Howison, Susan Greenwood, Yvonne Daniel, Joana Bahia, Gloria Goodwin Raheja, Charles Lincoln Vaughan, Katrien Pype, and Linda van de Kamp
The Death Throes of Sacrificed Chicken
Triggering Critical Reflexive Stances on Ritual Action in Togo
Marie Daugey
Togo has been Kabye. While his presence at some rituals heightens their spectacular nature, his support in the form of gifts or money for initiations or expensive sacrifices—as in the example I discuss below—has become a ‘tradition’ in parts of Kabye
A Phone without Names
Distrust and Duress in Côte d’Ivoire
Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa
mentioned that such stereotypical characteristics raised suspicion among the rebels or were used as a pretext to either extort money or recruit the person on the spot (see Heitz-Tokpa 2014 ). The rebels asked him many questions: Who was he? Where was he
Suburban Dissent
Defining Neighborhood Space and Place in Perth, Western Australia
Jocelyn D. Avery
came together to express their grievances about fines that were levied against landowners who had not spent sufficient money developing their land allotments, and the waste of public money on poor infrastructure. Later that year, the plank that served
Danger, Moral Opacity, and Outrage
Fear of Jihadism and the Terrorist Threat in Southern Mali
Tone Sommerfelt
he also included men who pray at the Markaz, that is, Tablighi Jama’at. In Bah’s view, financing from Wahhabis abroad reaches beyond funding just missionary activities and the building of mosques in Mali. Money from Qatar to mosques in Bamako is
Bonee and Fitina
Mbororo Nomads Facing and Adapting to Conflict in Central Africa
Adamou Amadou
protect the Mbororo nomads and instead extorted cattle and money from them. Mbororo refugees viewed the events between 2003 and the time they left (2005–2007) as corresponding with the gradual increase in political instability in the CAR. This confirms the
Stacy M. K. George
the advertisements currently on the radio that are supported by the pro-choice advocates. As the woman holding the jar approaches the back aisle where I am sitting, I lean over and politely ask: “Now, what is this money for? Advertisements for what
The Meanings of the Move?
From “Predicaments of Mobility” to “Potentialities in Displacement”
Stephen C. Lubkemann
wives in transnationally polygynous marriages often received a reduced share of resources from migrant husbands, since South African wives had the advantage in pressing their claims at the point where the money was earned by their spouses. Finally, while
Kosher Biotech
Between Religion, Regulation, and Globalization
Johan Fischer
everyday life, and a governing ethos, such as making money or a particular management principle ( Hirsch and Gellner 2001 ). A central question is how organizations think about and practice kosher production, trade, and regulation. Ferguson and Gupta
Assessing and Adapting Rituals That Reproduce a Collectivity
The Large-Scale Rituals of the Repkong Tantrists in Tibet
Nicolas Sihlé
necessary. After a while, seeing a young man walking up the slope toward us, Dorje Gyel, the main Zhitro manager, gave him some money and asked him to fetch sodas for the group. After their drinks, I asked whether the elders would like me to take a group