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Fusion of the Worlds: An Ethnography of Possession among the Songhay of Niger (1st Edition) by Paul Stoller Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-226-77545-3 / 0226775453 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-77545-6 / 9780226775456 "This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies".-- "Choice" "Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and spirits become flesh and blood in the 'f |