E-book
Witchcraft in post-colonial Africa [electronic resource] : beliefs, techniques and containment strategies / Khaukanani Mavhungu.
Record details
- ISBN: 9789956728329
- ISBN: 9956728322
- ISBN: 995672808X
- ISBN: 9789956728084
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 132 pages) : map
- Publisher: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, ©2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One -- Witchcraft Discourse in Post-Colonial Africa; Introduction; Methodological approach; Studies in Witchcraft; Organisation of the book; Chapter Two. Witches of Venda and Kom; The Omnipresence of Witchcraft; Kom; Venda; Witchcraft beliefs and practices; Inherited witchcraft; Case 1: Makwarela: A witch with spirit-induced witchcraft in Venda; Case 2, Bea: A witch with spirit-induced witchcraft in Kom; Purchased witchcraft. Case 3, Salitoto: Witchcraft transaction that goes horribly wrong in KomCase 4: Non-disclosure as protection against u livhanya and siling in Venda and Kom; Case 5: Lightning strike at Mandiwana village in Venda; Conclusion; Chapter Three. Containment of Witchcraft at Family and Community Levels; Introduction; Family containment of witchcraft; Doctoring of a homestead; Protection of family members; Case 6, Khathu Maila: Family containment of witchcraft from outside, in Venda; Community containment of witchcraft; Combating witchcraft at village level in Venda. Case 7: A witch tries to turn Matunde into a zombieNgwainkuma traditional council in Kom; The Kwifoyn banishes a witch from Kom; Case 8: The banishment of avung Peter Ngàm from Mbam in Kom; Conclusion; Chapter Four. Explaining Witchcraft Violence in Venda, Limpopo Province; Introduction; The fury of a rejected witchcraft of inheritance; Case 9: Mashau: Spirit-induced witchcraft as a curse in Venda; Case 3, Donga: Spirit-induced witchcraft as inheritance in Venda; Implications for anthropological theories; Case 4: Mandiwana, the haunted village in Venda in 1990. The Apartheid State and witchcraft violenceConclusion; Chapter Five. Policy Options for Post-Colonial South Africa; Introduction; Suppressing witchcraft beliefs and practices; Recognising the reality of witchcraft; Criminalising witchcraft practice; Conclusion; Bibliograph; Back Cover. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Witchcraft > Cameroon. Witchcraft > South Africa > Venda. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Magick Studies. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Witchcraft & Wicca. Witchcraft. Cameroon South Africa > Venda. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
