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1915. This volume is an account of the trials of human leopards before the special commission court; with a note on Sierra Leone, past and present. The trend of the evidence shown at these trials was that the prime object of the Human Leopard Society was to secure human fat so as to anoint the Borfima. Witnesses told of how the occasion of a murder is used to "blood" the Borfima, but the potency of this terrible fetish depends upon its being frequently supplied with human fat. Hence the murders…
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  • Format: 21 x 27.9 x 1.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English
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1915. This volume is an account of the trials of human leopards before the special commission court; with a note on Sierra Leone, past and present. The trend of the evidence shown at these trials was that the prime object of the Human Leopard Society was to secure human fat so as to anoint the Borfima. Witnesses told of how the occasion of a murder is used to "blood" the Borfima, but the potency of this terrible fetish depends upon its being frequently supplied with human fat. Hence the murders discussed within. This is a chilling account of cannibalism in the Hinterland of Sierra Leone. Illustrated.

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  • Author: K J Beatty
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  • ISBN-10: 1162608099
  • ISBN-13: 9781162608099
  • Format: 21 x 27.9 x 1.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
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1915. This volume is an account of the trials of human leopards before the special commission court; with a note on Sierra Leone, past and present. The trend of the evidence shown at these trials was that the prime object of the Human Leopard Society was to secure human fat so as to anoint the Borfima. Witnesses told of how the occasion of a murder is used to "blood" the Borfima, but the potency of this terrible fetish depends upon its being frequently supplied with human fat. Hence the murders discussed within. This is a chilling account of cannibalism in the Hinterland of Sierra Leone. Illustrated.

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