Spirit Possession and Personhood Among the Kel Ewey TuaregSusan J. Rasmussen1995

Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are
sometimes possessed by spirits called “the people of solitude.” The evening
curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drumming and song, take place
before an audience of young men and women, who joke and flirt as the ritual
unfolds. In her analysis of this tolerated but unofficial cult, Susan Rasmussen
analyses symbolism and aesthetic values, provides case studies of possessed
women, and reviews what local people think about the meaning of
possession.

Titre original : Spirit Possession and Personhood Among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (1995)