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 | Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa (1st Edition) by Paul Stoller Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-415-90877-9 / 0415908779 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-90877-1 / 9780415908771 Embodying Colonial Memories is a study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. Combining narrative description, historical analysis, and reflections on the importance of mimetic body in social theory, Paul Stoller uses the example of the | |