The Land of the Fetish

Record summary

Nineteenth-century missionary books using the title The Land of the Fetish describe West African religious objects, priests, death customs, spirit beliefs and alleged magical practices. The title is useful as a catalog-search lead for locating specific reports that may involve apparitions or postmortem agency, but the exact author and edition must be established before use because similar titles circulated. These works illuminate colonial translation and polemic more reliably than they establish extraordinary events. Researchers should identify the community, language terms and original publication context for every selected passage.