Witchcraft and Sorcery in RhodesiaRoutledge, 2018 M08 16 - 328 páginas Originally published in 1967, this book is a study of witchcraft and sorcery among the Shona, Ndebele and Kalanga peoples of Zimbabwe. It analyses in their social context verbatim evidence and confessions from a comprehensive series of judicial records. It provides the first systematic demonstration of the importance and the exstent to which such sources can be used to make a detailed analysis of the character and range of beliefs and motives. The main emphasis is on witchcraft and sorcery beliefs, the nature of accusations, confessions and divination, btoh traditional and as practised by members of the Pentecostal Church. |
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... Land Apportionment Act (Chapter 257), as read with the provisions relating to Tribal Trust Land in the Constitution, ensures residential segregation, with some exceptions, and except on a master and servant basis. A very real attempt ...
... Land Apportionment Act (Chapter 257), as read with the provisions relating to Tribal Trust Land in the Constitution, ensures residential segregation, with some exceptions, and except on a master and servant basis. A very real attempt ...
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... Tribal Trust land. This group is composed almost entirely of indigenous Africans. The figure given rises to 65.5% of the African population if migrant labourers are ignored. 19.2% of the indigenous population and 23.1% of the total ...
... Tribal Trust land. This group is composed almost entirely of indigenous Africans. The figure given rises to 65.5% of the African population if migrant labourers are ignored. 19.2% of the indigenous population and 23.1% of the total ...
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... Tribal Trust land the average density was about 23 per square mile but the population of the country is unevenly distributed and varies from 100 per square mile amongst the Zezuru of the Goromonzi district to 8 per square mile amongst ...
... Tribal Trust land the average density was about 23 per square mile but the population of the country is unevenly distributed and varies from 100 per square mile amongst the Zezuru of the Goromonzi district to 8 per square mile amongst ...
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... Tribal Trust Land or the towns. Outside Tribal Trust Land the Shona are in continuous contact, and must compete economically, with the large numbers of immigrant.
... Tribal Trust Land or the towns. Outside Tribal Trust Land the Shona are in continuous contact, and must compete economically, with the large numbers of immigrant.
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... land, which, together with grazing rights, make up the usual holding in Tribal Trust Land. Land in the Purchase Areas may be purchased on the basis of individual tenure by the farmer. If an applicant is to obtain a holding the ...
... land, which, together with grazing rights, make up the usual holding in Tribal Trust Land. Land in the Purchase Areas may be purchased on the basis of individual tenure by the farmer. If an applicant is to obtain a holding the ...
Contenido
Evidence and Confessions of Wizardry | |
The Nature of Wizardry Beliefs with particular reference | |
Witchcraft and religion | |
Witchcraft and misfortune | |
The making of a Shona witch | |
Cannibalism and the use of human flesh | |
Protection against wizardry | |
Divination in general | |
The supernatural indication of a wizard | |
Divination in the Pentecostal Churches | |
The Consequences of the Allegation of Wizardry | |
Magical vengeance against a wizard | |
The cure of the wizards victim | |
The cure of the witch | |
The Witchcraft Suppression Act Chapter | |
Wizardry allegations where no diviner was present | |
Bibliography | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Witchcraft and Sorcery in Rhodesia J. R. Crawford,International African Institute Vista de fragmentos - 1967 |
Witchcraft and Sorcery in Rhodesia J. R. Crawford,International African Institute Vista de fragmentos - 1967 |
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