The quest for fruition through ngoma : political aspects of healing in Southern Africa / edited by Rijk van Dijk, Ria Reis, Marja Spierenburg.

Other author Dijk, Rijk van, 1959-
Other author Reis, Ria.
Other author Spierenburg, Marja.
Format Book
Publication InfoCape Town : David Philip ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.
Description172 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Traditional medicine--Africa, Southern.
Rites and ceremonies--Africa, Southern.
Ceremonial Behavior--Africa, Southern.
Africa, Southern--Social conditions.
Africa, Southern--Politics and government.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99045652
ISBN0821413031 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN082141304X (pa. : alk. paper)
ISBN0852552637 (J. Currey : paper)
ISBN0852552629 (J. Currey : cloth)