Sorcery and Jurisdiction in Angola
When the Portuguese arrived at the mouth of the Zaire River in 1483, two vibrant normative regimes came into contact. The European traders, missionaries, and soldiers who followed the first explorers brought a jurisdictional system of government that accepted local uses and customs as biding and a t...
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| author | Figueiredo, João |
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| description | When the Portuguese arrived at the mouth of the Zaire River in 1483, two vibrant normative regimes came into contact. The European traders, missionaries, and soldiers who followed the first explorers brought a jurisdictional system of government that accepted local uses and customs as biding and a theological understanding of natural law with universalist claims. They encountered complex African societies based on various normative systems, emphasizing arbitration and mediation between corporate groups and protection against evils attributed to preternatural forms of personal agency – what the Portuguese framed as feitiçaria or sorcery. João Figueiredo focuses on the intense cross-cultural translation of normative knowledge in West Central Africa following this initial encounter. He argues it was afforded by an evolving, shared understanding of sorcery and constant renegotiation of the limits and meanings of jurisdiction, the law, and the institutions of slavery. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1663872025-09-03T05:06:56Z Sorcery and Jurisdiction in Angola Figueiredo, João Portuguese Zaire Colonialism Feitiçaria Feitiço Ouvidor Kwango Mbundu Itanda Slave Trade Othering Luso-Mbangala Alliance thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTS Slavery and abolition of slavery When the Portuguese arrived at the mouth of the Zaire River in 1483, two vibrant normative regimes came into contact. The European traders, missionaries, and soldiers who followed the first explorers brought a jurisdictional system of government that accepted local uses and customs as biding and a theological understanding of natural law with universalist claims. They encountered complex African societies based on various normative systems, emphasizing arbitration and mediation between corporate groups and protection against evils attributed to preternatural forms of personal agency – what the Portuguese framed as feitiçaria or sorcery. João Figueiredo focuses on the intense cross-cultural translation of normative knowledge in West Central Africa following this initial encounter. He argues it was afforded by an evolving, shared understanding of sorcery and constant renegotiation of the limits and meanings of jurisdiction, the law, and the institutions of slavery. 2025-09-03T05:06:56Z 2025-09-03T05:06:56Z 2025-09-02T14:12:03Z 2025 book ONIX_20250902T160749_9783412533144_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105890 9783412533144 9783412533137 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166387 eng Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht / Legal Unity and Pluralism open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105890/1/9783412533144.pdf Brill 10.7788/9783412533144 10.7788/9783412533144 9783412533144 9783412533137 Brill 566 Köln, Weimar open access |
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