Set in post-war Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions, this is a powerful study of the clash of traditional ways and new ideas from beyond the borders. Elizabeth Aladai, the ju-ju Princess of Rimi, reigns supreme. Feared and respected, she dominates the lives of the villagers. Her decisions hold sway and she has the power of life and death over those accused of crimes and witchcraft - even when the accused is just a ten-year-old child.
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Set in post-war Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions, this is a powerful study of the clash of traditional ways and new ideas from beyond the borders. Elizabeth Aladai, the ju-ju Princess of Rimi, reigns supreme. Feared and respected, she dominates the lives of the villagers. Her decisions hold sway and she has the power of life and death over those accused of crimes and witchcraft - even when the accused is just a ten-year-old child.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good + Very Good + DJ. Printing Not Spec. n/a. 12mo = 7-9" 313pp. Boards w/cloth spine are bumped on top/bottom of spine and corners. Dj is slightly soiled.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0718100034. D/j has edge and tip wear, and bruising to bottom spine. Clipped ffep. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; X X; 304 pages.
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VG+ in VG+ jacket. Hardcover with brown paper over boards with redquarter-binding, in orange and brown illustrated jacket, 8vo. Probably later printing than 1936 copyright date in book. 313pp. +note on author. Book has very mild spine slant with no effect on tight, strong binding. Light shelving soil to page edges; former bookseller's stamps to front and rear free endpapers. Else fine: bright and unmarked. Jacket has light abrasion with touches of surface loss and small chips to spine ends and extreme ends of hinges. Rubbing and soil to rear panel only, especially along fore edge and over quarter binding edge. Mild sunning spine with coloor and ttles strong; front cover extraordinarily bright, handsome and fine. Jacket in Brodart. Not ex-lib.