Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession American Ethnologist February 1, 1997 Michael C. Peletz Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession. MICHAEL LAMBEK. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993. xxx + 468 pp., photographs, notes, glossary, references, index. DOI: 10.1525/ae.1997.24.1.247.2 (opens in new tab)