Home›Sources›Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)SourcesPopobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)Indiana University Press, 2017Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/popobawa-tanzanian-talk-global-misreadings-thompson.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/popobawa-tanzanian-talk-global-misreadings-thompsonCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-popobawa-tanzanian-talk-global-misreadin, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/popobawa-tanzanian-talk-global-misreadings-thompson}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXKatrina Daly Thompson's academic study of the modern Popobawa panics on Zanzibar and Pemba and how Swahili speakers talk about them, Indiana University Press, 2017.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Reliability tier 2, a peer reviewed academic monograph examining how Swahili speakers on Zanzibar and Pemba have talked about Popobawa since the 1960s and what that talk does socially. The strongest available scholarly treatment of this specific modern folklore panic, written by a linguistic anthropologist who conducted original fieldwork on the islands.CitationAuthorWell-attestedKatrina Daly ThompsonPublisherWell-attestedIndiana University PressPublication YearWell-attested2017Source TypeWell-attestedacademic referenceSourcesPopobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)tier 2Katrina Daly Thompson, Indiana University Press, 2017Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicMythical Creatures, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested16ArticlesPopobawa, Talk as the Point, Not Only the AttackMythical CreaturesPopobawaSourcesPopobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings (Thompson)Holds2ArticlesPopobawa, Talk as the Point, Not Only the AttackMythical CreaturesPopobawaConnected1Mythical CreaturesPopobawaGeneral References4ArticlesPopobawa, Talk as the Point, Not Only the AttackMythical CreaturesPopobawaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year