The MEG (Musée d’ethnographie de Genève) has scrolls that show Ethiopian magical-religious practices. Made of sewn-together strips of parchment, these talismans were designed to protect and heal sick people. Created by dabtara—unordained, literate clerics—these objects combine prayers, magic spells, and figurative or abstract images. Anaïs Wion will help us understand them by recounting the history of spiritual medicine in Ethiopian Christian society.
Speaker: Anaïs Wion, historian, research director at the CNRS
Moderators: Floriane Morin, Curator in charge of the Africa department at the MEG, Estelle Sohier, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Geneva
In collaboration with and as part of the History and City Festival
Places are limited and booking is obligatoryby email to biblio.meg@geneve.ch, specifying your name, first name, telephone number and the number of people accompanying you.