Arvi Hurskainen

Invasion of Spirits

Nordic Journal of African Studies May 22, 2023 Arvi Hurskainen

Spirit possession phenomena spread to the Maasai area in Northern Tanzania especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Among the Maasai, spirit possession was not part of established cultural behaviour, although possession phenomena and associated healing cults were common among the surrounding ethnic groups of Bantu origin. The phenomenon received epidemiological proportions, and in some areas about...