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Madumo : a man bewitched / Adam Ashforth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashforth, Adam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witchcraft--South Africa--Soweto--Case studies.
- Witchcraft.
- Madumo.
- Soweto (South Africa)--Religious life and customs.
- Soweto (South Africa).
- Soweto (South Africa)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- South Africa--Soweto.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In a true story of a man bewitched, set against the turbulent backdrop of contemporary Soweto, Ashforth shows that witchcraft is not simply superstition but a complex response to spiritual insecurity in a troubling time of political and economic upheaval.
- ISBN:
- 0226029719
- OCLC:
- 42892189
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