Witchcraft in Statecraft: Five Technologies of Power in Colonial and Postcolonial Coastal Kenya
Author(s)
Ciekawy, Diane
Abstract
An examination of witchcraft is presented, focusing on the relation between state formation and witchcraft in Kenya from 1950-1993. Topics include the terms “utsai” and “witchcraft”, witchcraft as a disciplinary technology, politics of magical harm, colonial law, and the containment of harmful magic.
