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Powers, Plumes and Piglets edited by Norman C. Habel & Kuru Sorcery by Shirley Lindenbaum

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March 1981, no. 28

In Papua New Guinea, no one dies from natural causes except, perhaps, some foreigners. At least, that is what every islander believes. Even a lifelong active Christian such as Mr Justice Narakobi’s mother, on her deathbed, attributed her fatal asthma to sorcery.

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