Voicing African Voices

Author

Patrick Mbunwe Samba

Patrick Mbunwe Samba was born on October 12, 1940 in Binshua, near Nkambe, the headquarters of Donga-Mantung Division in the North West Region of Cameroon. He died on April 7 2003, at the age of 63. He was a scholar committed to social and political freedom.

Anthropology Social Sciences

Witchcraft, Magic and Divination

by Patrick Mbunwe Samba

Accounts from the Wimbum Area of the Cameroon Grassfields This book is largely the personal account by Patrick Mbunwe Samba, of how life in…

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