Quest for Fruition Through Ngoma
The Political Aspects of Healing in Southern Africa
Marja Spierenburg author Ria Reis author Rijk Van Dijk editor Ria Reis editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:James Currey
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Rich ethnographic studies expanding the understanding of ngoma in Africa. The indigenous African healing system of music, dance, possession and trance is perhaps best known through John Janzen's book Ngoma: Discourse of Healing in Central and Southern Africa. This collection engages with Janzen'sanalysis and examines ngoma in its culturally diverse manifestations. North America: Ohio U Press
... rich ethnography and provocative intellectual engagement. - -- Michael Humphrey * ASAAP *
The book as a whole shows anthropology in transition, struggling with its own past and its future, as the authors discover new aspects to healing and reach for parallels elsewhere. In a concluding review, Janzen comments on the rich and varied ethnography these essays offer, traces his own scholarly quest from his studies of healing in Lower Congo to Ngoma, and notes that Ngoma is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. - -- Wyatt Macgaffey * BULLETIN of SOAS *
ISBN: 9780852552636
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192 pages