Index
Agbala
46, 50
Agency
30, 32
Agwu
54
Aje and Ifa
11
Alphonse Sitna
86
Altar
100, 101, 102
Alter personality
3
Aminata
53, 54
Anders Lindstrom
26, 32, 84
Andrew Malone
84
Antiphony
96
Appeasement
8, 9, 29
Apostle Peter Manyuru
94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107
Apostrophes
31, 36, 78
Austin Shelton
50, 51
Brian Chikwava
10, 22, 30, 35, 37, 51, 58, 64, 113, 113, 114
Charles Dickens
21, 68, 70
Charms
103
Chi
29, 30, 31, 36, 49, 51, 52, 75, 114
Chineke
71, 73
Chinua Achebe
16, 43, 44, 93
Chukwu
49, 50, 51
Close Sesame
11, 16, 22, 23, 33, 39, 47, 64, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 108, 113, 116
Colleen and Michael
23, 27
Consecration of the altar
95
Craig Keener
28, 29, 68, 76, 78, 79, 98
Dave Gunning
10, 101, 104, 113
David Copperfield
70
David Trotter
21
Dean Siminton
67
Depth psychology
3, 5, 32, 101
Dedication
83, 84, 94, 105, 106, 107
Derek
35
Dibia
29, 36, 38, 45, 71, 77, 78, 79
Displacement model
6, 7
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
vii, viii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 24, 34
Divination
71, 73
Greek Drama
49
Dreams
2, 25, 26, 30, 34, 56, 60, 78, 101
E.M. Forster
63
Edward Blyden
15
Egwugwu
51
Elechi Amadi
16, 46, 53, 57, 58, 63, 72, 93, 98, 100, 114
Elizabeth Ezenweke
3, 29, 30, 36, 37, 38, 43, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 114, 115
Emma Cohen
4, 5, 7, 13, 16, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 47, 49, 55, 57, 58, 73, 79, 80, 105, 118
Exorcism
3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 104, 105, 108, 115, 117
Evangelist Ezekiel Karisa
94, 100, 104, 107, 108, 117, 118
Femmie Fatale
47, 54, 57, 59, 114
Fragmented Selves
2, 8, 10, 12, 32, 34, 57, 69, 70, 86, 114
Frantz Fanon
80
Freshwater
80
Fusion Model
6
Genius
63, 67, 68, 70, 71
How God Became African
95
Graham Hough
68
Guardian Deity
68
Gustave Flaubert
68
Hallucinations
2, 23, 33, 34, 38, 81, 83, 86, 113, 114
Hard Times
21
Hisham Matar
16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 32, 64, 65, 66
Honore De Balzac
68
Hubris
48, 49
Cultural Identity
69
Idakho
83, 100
Igba Ifa
50
Igreja
31
Ihuoma
44, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 73, 101, 115
Ikemefuna
48, 49,
Ikwere
54, 93
Illeism
84
Intimation
86
Iyi-uwa
45
Jaballa Matar
65
Janah
87
Janice Boddy
2, 6
Jesus Teaching Ministry
16, 94, 95, 98, 107, 108, 117
Jinni
28, 82, 87
John Mbiti
13, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 33, 44, 48, 50, 51, 72, 80, 81, 83, 96, 97, 106
John Mugubi
53, 68, 71
Joshua Ingla
100
Joseph Conrad
44
Juseph Ushie
75
The Joys of Motherhood
28, 29, 30, 36, 37, 39, 45, 56, 57, 106, 113, 114
Kaplan
47
Kemboi, Nyambonga and Lilechi
83
Kingsley Owete
106
Koitalel Arap Samoei
53, 83
Libya
28, 33, 65, 67, 68, 70
Loose Sentence
68
Love portion
74
A Man of the People
53
Mamhepo
28
Manillas
74
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
32
Mediums
2, 5, 8, 23, 25, 32, 33, 35, 92, 96, 105, 118
Menelik II
53
Mental health
1
Mermaids
11
Mhondoro
75, 117
Michael Lambek
81, 82
Mirjana Vujnovic
1, 2
Misfortunes
4, 29, 30, 36, 37, 38, 43, 45, 47, 50, 54, 55
Mostofa
67
Myth and Ritual
21
Murango, Frances and Muthaulula
75
Nelson Mandela
4, 43, 58, 85
New Life Prayer Centre and Church
94, 99, 108, 113, 117
Ngozi
3, 10, 29, 35, 37, 58, 75
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
97
Nsoliba and Okeyike
45
Nyathi
13, 21, 22, 28, 33, 35, 37, 56, 76, 77
Nuruddin Farah
11, 16, 22, 23, 33, 34, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86
Nwobodo
50, 51
Obdau
75
Obierika
50, 57
Ojakor and Ozanamadu
44
Okonkwo
43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 59, 84, 114, 115, 118, 119
Okwu
71
Ogbanje
45, 50, 93, 101
Ogundure
80
Onwanibe
71, 73, 100
Oracle
101
Orkoiyot
83
Ororo
99
Oxymoron
71
Paradox
71
Pathology
60, 75, 86, 119
Periodic sentence
68, 69, 70
Petals of Blood
54
Pius Muiru
100
Executive possession
13, 21, 22, 30, 32, 35, 46, 54, 65, 98
Possession trance
2, 22, 23, 31, 34, 35, 46, 81, 97, 98, 99
Pathogenic possession
5, 9, 13, 21, 22, 30, 36, 46, 54, 56, 59, 79, 84, 114, 116
Paul Johnstone
8
Postmodernism
15, 22
Prayer
34, 36
Preconscious
1, 2
Primary self
2, 5, 6, 9, 23, 32, 33
Prophetic tools
103
Qaddafi regime
23, 28, 32, 65
The Return
16, 21, 22, 66, 67
Romeo and Juliet
71
The River and the Source
54
Robert Jackson
21
Ruth Finnegan
96
Second World War
79
Sacrifice
72, 74, 76, 83, 94, 106, 107
Sakwa and Obura
47, 54, 115
Sea King
58, 60
Semantic absurdity
70
Sigmund Freud
1
Singing, drumming, dancing
94, 95, 98
Slave woman
29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 76, 77, 78, 80, 116
Socialite
56, 57
Social media
12
Africanized Christian Societies
9, 15, 16, 48, 94, 98, 103, 118
Socrates and Plato
9, 25, 33, 63, 83, 84
Spirit husband
48, 54, 55, 59, 74, 101, 102
Spirit possession
viii, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 57, 59, 64, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 94, 98, 102, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119
Involuntary spirit possession
7
Voluntary spirit possession
7, 48
Stream of consciousness
vii, viii, 1, 2, 7, 12, 15, 16, 78, 113
Suicide
35, 37
Suleiman Chambea
95, 98
Talisman
73
Taruvinga and Moyo
74
Teresa Washington
11
Things Fall Apart
13, 43, 44, 45, 49, 57, 59
Totem
8
Van Straten
108
Witchcraft
102
Youtube
12