Magic for Medical Healing in Igbo Society:
In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma falls sick and is treated according to the local religious belief of the Igbo that relies on magical power. Ezinma’s treatment presents dual magical acts performed by a regular medicine man and the medicine man or agadi-muayi or Chielo, the high pries...
Main Author: | Hossain Al Mamun |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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ULAB Press
2016-12-01
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Series: | Crossings |
Online Access: | https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/167 |
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