The phenomenon of witchcraft, around Etienne Goyemide Cover Image

Le phénomène de la sorcellerie, autour d’Etienne Goyemide
The phenomenon of witchcraft, around Etienne Goyemide

Author(s): Judicaël Boukanga
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: witchcraft; murder; revenge; black magic; traditional justice;

Summary/Abstract: This article, dealing with Etienne Goyemide’s story La vengeance noire, is a social, theological and literary study on the way in which the very complex phenomenon of witchcraft is shown in the literature of Central Africa. As shown in the story, this phenomenon is tightly connected to orality. In the Central African world, in spite of an advanced scientific and technical culture, myths, legends and mainly witchcraft hold an important place in collective imagination and continue to inspire literary works.

  • Issue Year: 23/2022
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 131-153
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: French