Magic, Modernity, and Race in Seychelles: The Situation of Grigri in the Modern Creole Order
In 1977, a socialist coup d'etat in Seychelles instituted an era of anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and pro-African Creole nationalism. One aspect of Creoleness – witchcraft, or ‘grigri’ – was excluded from the Creole canon. Using grigri as a lens through which to examine modernity and race in...
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Curtin University
2023
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