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Madumo : a man bewitched / Adam Ashforth.

Van Pelt Library BF1584.S6 Z7 2000
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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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