Fetichism in West Africa

A long-term, eyewitness study of indigenous religious practices and related customs along the West African coast and riverine interiors, combining travel narrative, linguistic notes, and ethnographic description. The author documents rituals, fetish objects, ceremonies, palaver and kingship procedures, magic and superstition, and social institutions, illustrating how belief permeates daily life. Observations derive from prolonged residence, conversation, and participation, and the work blends anecdote with analysis to explain native theological ideas, ritual specialists, and the social functions of religious customs.