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The quest for fruition through ngoma : the political aspects of healing in Southern Africa
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The quest for fruition through ngoma : the political aspects of healing in Southern Africa

Author: Rijk van Dijk; Ria Reis; Marja Spierenburg
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rijk van Dijk; Ria Reis; Marja Spierenburg
ISBN: 0821413031 9780821413036 082141304X 9780821413043 0852552637 9780852552636 0852552629 9780852552629
OCLC Number: 42392157
Description: 172 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Kings, spirits and brides in Unyamwezi, Tanzania / Henny Blokland -- Gender and Ngoma: the power of drums in eastern Zambia / Annette Drews -- The 'wounded healer' as ideology: the work of ngoma in Swaziland / Ria Reis -- Social commentaries and the influence of the clientele: the Mhondoro cult in Dande, Zimbabwe / Marja Spierenburg -- The story of a scapegoat king in rural Malawi / Matthew Schoffeleers -- The politics of therapeutic ngoma: the Zionist churches in urban Zambia / Cor Jonker -- Ngoma and born-again fundamentalism: contesting representations of time in urban Malawi / Rijk van Dijk.
Responsibility: edited by Rijk van Dijk, Ria Reis, and Marja Spierenburg.

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