''Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years' Observation'' ''of Native Customs and Superstitions'' is a book by
the Reverend Robert Hamill Nassau, a
missionary, published in 1904. It is one of the earliest studies of traditional religion on West Africa.
The book relates the facts which Nassau claims to have discovered over the course of many years concerning traditional religions and the practice of
sorcery
Sorcery may refer to:
* Magic (supernatural), the application of beliefs, rituals or actions employed to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces
** Witchcraft, the practice of magical skills and abilities
* Magic in fiction, ...
in
West Africa and how it related to the everyday lives of the people of that region. John Cinnamon suggests that 'when Nassau was able to refrain from the constant, invidious comparison between enlightened Christian truth and degraded African wickedness, his observations contain glimmers of ethnographic insight'.
A
Mpongwe woman,
Anyentyuwe, was one of Nassau's principal informants for ''Fetichism in West Africa.''
She was a teacher and servant at Baraka Mission,
Gabon.
References
External links
''Fetichism in West Africa''(entire text)
1904 non-fiction books
Occult books
Religious studies books
African witchcraft
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