Fang Rituals and Witchcraft | Marshall’s Masquerade

This episode’s charity: https://support.pasa.org/give/440970/... Instagram: @ScottMarshallMasks Marshall’s Masquerade is an exploration of the role of masks in history, fashion, and culture. This episode focuses on the Fang people of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon. We look at the masks used in the Fang religion and their relationship with witchcraft. _____ Selected Bibliography Body, Power and Sacrifice in Equatorial Africa by Florence Bernault Christian Acculturation and Fang Witchcraft by JW Fernández Colonial Transactions by Florence Bernault The Dangers of Anonymity by Julian Bonhomme Double Writing by Joseph Tonda Economy of Miracles and “Subjectification/Civilization” Dynamics in Central Africa by Joseph Tonda Elderly French Couple Lose Rare African Mask Case Worth Millions by Ido Vock Equatorial Guinea 1927-1979: A New African Tradition by Enrique Okenve Ethnographical Notes on the Fang by Albert L. Bennett Ethno.Wombart.com The Importance of Higher Primates in the Diet of the Fang of Rio Muni by Jorge Sabater Pi and Colin Groves The Migration of the Fang into Central Gabon during the Nineteenth Century by Christopher Chamberlin Oelogabon.org The Pangwe by Günter Tessman Spirits, Power and the Political Imagination in Late Colonial Gabon by John M Cinnamon Two Years of Travel in Northern Congo by Henri Trilles Wax Cylinder Recordings From South Cameroon 1907-1909