Facing the Talking Snake: Witchcraft, Anxiety, and Sense-Making in Interwar Belgian Congo (2018)
Henriet, Benoît (Author)
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Volume: 51
Issue: 2
Pages: 219-241
The article focuses on emergence and spread of Lukusu, its historical and cultural roots, and the circumstances of the allegedly "xenophobic" form it took in the Kamtsha-Lubue "territoire" in 1932–1933. It mentions administrative and Congolese attempts to make sense of the imperial order of things and the strategies both parties deployed to overcome their collective anxieties. It also mentions Lukusu evoke a climate of paranoia among the colonial public service.
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