Includes index.
A Beng path to birth (September 1986-May 1987)
Alma: of blessings and bad faith
Philip: the scrabble champion
Alma: two homes and a hospital
Censored words (March 1990)
Philip: la crise
Alma: can you teach anthropology to a toddler?
Philip: our own house of Mbari
Back in the village (May-June 1993)
Alma: the house of Africa
Philip: raising the stakes
Alma: old agendas, new agendas
Philip: the adventures of Tintin
Alma: the spirit of grandfather Denju
Philip: one screen door
Casting spells (June-July 1993)
Alma: another story to confess
Philip: anything but invisible
Alma: too expensive to die
Philip: the waiting fax
Things of the heart (July-August 1993)
Alma: mad to be modern
Philip: my father's African afterlife
Alma: the first twelve months of life
Philip: welcoming ghosts
Alma: Amenan's lament
Philip: "Denju, denju"
Alma: mystical musical chairs
Philip: gifting party
Alma: tying up loose ends
Philip: shooting fish
A different fieldwork site (January 1994)
Alma: converging paths
Philip: "ka-na poblé"
Epilogue: Côte d'Ivoire and the Beng in crisis
A brief note about the Beng.
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Braided worlds by Alma Gottlieb. ISBN 9780226304724. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
