Ritual : Power, Healing, And Community : The Af... Apr 2026

In , Malidoma Patrice Somé explores how traditional West African Dagara rituals can address the "ritual starvation" and social fragmentation of modern Western society. Somé, who held doctorates from the Sorbonne and Brandeis , bridges the gap between indigenous wisdom and Western psychology to explain how ritual serves as a necessary "technology of the soul". Core Themes and Insights