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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... districts native commissioners were, until October 1962, ex officio assistant magistrates. Petty matters are tried summarily by magistrates under their ordinary jurisdiction which was, in 1963, six months' imprisonment with hard labour ...
... districts native commissioners were, until October 1962, ex officio assistant magistrates. Petty matters are tried summarily by magistrates under their ordinary jurisdiction which was, in 1963, six months' imprisonment with hard labour ...
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... districts are seldom skilled typists and errors in transcription in the records used by me were not uncommon but seldom affected the general sense of the record. Errors in interpretation of witnesses' statements no doubt occur; but many ...
... districts are seldom skilled typists and errors in transcription in the records used by me were not uncommon but seldom affected the general sense of the record. Errors in interpretation of witnesses' statements no doubt occur; but many ...
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... districts, and so information is not difficult to obtain. An advantage of using relatively well educated informants is that it is possible to discuss ideas with them in a manner which is not easy in the case of the unsophisticated ...
... districts, and so information is not difficult to obtain. An advantage of using relatively well educated informants is that it is possible to discuss ideas with them in a manner which is not easy in the case of the unsophisticated ...
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... districts the Native Commissioner performed, in relation to the African population, most of the functions, both administrative and judicial, which the District Commissioner performed in the territories of British Colonial Africa. The ...
... districts the Native Commissioner performed, in relation to the African population, most of the functions, both administrative and judicial, which the District Commissioner performed in the territories of British Colonial Africa. The ...
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... districts, the people of Rhodesia speak languages which belong to the Bantu group and, although of diverse racial origins, have all been negritized to a greater or lesser degree. The total African population was 3,618,000 (unless ...
... districts, the people of Rhodesia speak languages which belong to the Bantu group and, although of diverse racial origins, have all been negritized to a greater or lesser degree. The total African population was 3,618,000 (unless ...
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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