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Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass) (Reprint Edition) by Malidoma Patrice Some, Tanya Maiboroda Illustrations Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-14-019496-7 / 0140194967 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-019496-8 / 9780140194968 Malidoma, whose name means "be friends with the stranger/enemy, " was born under the shadow of French colonial rule in Upper Volta, West Africa. When he was four years old, he was taken by a Jesuit priest and imprisoned in a seminary built for training a new generation of "black" Catholic priests. I |