"Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa" [Frederick A. Praeger, 1963] 1st Edition

MIDDLETON, John and WINTER, E.H. [editors]. Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. First Edition. 8.75" x "6, vii + 307pp. Red hardcover in original dust jacket. Jacket very worn, with two tape repairs and lacking a corner at spine head. Book beneath very clean and tight. Very Good+ in Fair jacket. 

This volume brought together leading anthropologists at a moment when East African social systems were undergoing rapid political and cultural change, offering some of the earliest post-colonial field analyses of witchcraft, accusation, and social control. Its case studies document how beliefs in sorcery structured conflict resolution, community authority, and responses to misfortune across multiple ethnic groups. As one of the foundational comparative works on African occult practice, it remains an essential source for researchers working on anthropology, religion, and the history of East African societies.