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Madumo, a Man Bewitched
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Adam Ashforth
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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No one answered when I tapped at the back door of Madumo's home on Mphahlele Street a few days after my return to Soweto, so I pushed the buckling red door in a
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: Adam Ashforth
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Large numbers of people in Soweto & other parts of South Africa live in fear of witchcraft, presenting complex & unique problems for the government. Adam Ashfor
The Trials of Mrs. K.
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Adam Ashforth
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-02 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In March 2009, in a small town in Malawi, a nurse at the local hospital was accused of teaching witchcraft to children. Amid swirling rumors, “Mrs. K.” trie
Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: Isak Arnold Niehaus
Categories: History
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This biography casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between politics, witchcraft and AIDS in South Africa.
For Money and Elders
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Robert W. Blunt
Categories: Kenya
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Many observers of Kenya's complicated history see causes for concern, from the use of public office for private gain to a constitutional structure historically