Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession - Paperbackby Michael Lambek (Author) On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, on social