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A

Abdominal disease, 132 , 163

Abdul Qattah of Macina, 31

Ahern, E., 131

Amebiasis, 163

Ancestor's tooth, as cause of sickness, 140

Anxieties, vague, 40

Appetite, lack of, 19 , 24 , 92

Arom, S., 122 -123

Augé, M., 86

B

Backache, 26 , 27 , 37

Bacterial infection, 163

Badju:

cult of affliction, Mai-Ndombe origin, Zaire, 11 ;

in Kinshasa, 19

Bantu languages and cultures, 8 , 57 -63;

Western, 11 -14, 60 -63, 64 , 67 , 68 , 73 , 198 -203;

expansion, 59 -63;

map of, 60 ;

Eastern, 60 -63, 73 , 203 -207;

lexicon of healing and health in, 63 -69;

hypothesis of expansion, and ngoma, 73 -74;

names of, 181 -188;

and distribution of therapeutic cognates, 189 -208;

and instruments of healing rites, 209 -213

Barrenness, 106 , 118 , 162 -165

Bastin, Y., 59

Bateson, G., 124 , 176

Berger, I., 76

Berliner, P., 70

Bernstein, B., 100

Betani (Swaziland) College of Diviners, 37 -50

Bibeau, G., 12

Bilharzia, 43 , 163

Bilumbu:

cult of affliction, Luba origin, 11 ;

in Kinshasa, 14 -18;

music for, 212

Bira, Shona rite comparable to ngoma, 212

Blacking, J., 70 , 108 , 126

Blood, high pressure of, caused by fear of others, 40

Bongita, rite of affliction, Mongo origin, 210

Boone, O., 70 -72

Boorse, C., 6

Booth, N., 14

Botoli, L., 23 -25, 32 , 126

Bourdieu, P., 6 , 157 -158

Bourguignon, E., 134

Brideprice, affliction due to nonpayment of, 16

Bührman, V., and N. Gqomfa, 119 -120, 137

Bukavu (eastern Zaire), ngoma in, 92 -93, 97 -98

Burridge, K., 133

Butii, rite of affliction, Warega origin, 211

Buyeye, Sukuma snake-handling ngoma, 150 -151

Byamungu Lufungula wa Chibanga-banga, 92 -93, 97 -98

C

Caldwell, J., 156

Call and response, 44 , 72 , 110 ;

consist


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across continent, 72 ;

basis of "doing ngoma," 111 -116

Cancer, 27

Cape Town, 10 , 36 , 60 ;

rationale for research site, 5 -6;

ngoma in, 50 -55, 165 -170;

"doing ngoma" in, 110 -118

Centre International des Civilisations Bantoues (CICIBA), Libreville, Gabon research center, 59

Chavunduka, G., 171 -172

Chenga, N., 32 -35, 150 .

See also Mungano

Christianity:

and ngoma, 15 , 32 , 77 , 98 , 215 ;

in ngoma lyrics, 111 -118, 121

Cokwe people (Zaire, Angola, Zambia), 75

Color (red/white/black) symbolism, 8 ,15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 38 -39, 47 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 64 , 142 , 174 ;

spirits classified in terms of, 95 -99;

course through "the white," 101 -104, 168

Comaroff, J., 138

Cordell, D., 156

Corin, E., 18 -19, 131 , 137 -138

Cornet, J., xi

Cory, H., 2 , 8 , 21 -22, 150 -151

Courlander, H., 126 -127

Csordas, T., 131 , 138

Cult of affliction: defined, 1 , 10 ;

urban changes in, 18 -20.

See also Ngoma

Cwezi (also BuCwezi): rite of affliction of Ryangombe origin, 21 ;

in Sukumaland, 22 ;

in Dar es Salaam, 76

D

Dance, competition, 22 , 34 , 54 , 109 , 111 -116, 118 , 122 , 149 , 163 .

See also Drum; Rhythm; Song; Song-dance

Dar es Salaam, 10 , 60 , 90 , 142 -143;

rationale as research site, 5 -6;

ngoma in, 20 -21, 22 -35

Dawson, M., 154

DeCraemer, W., 3

De Heusch, L., 3 , 60 , 88 , 95 , 134 -136

Demaret, P., 3 , 59

Devisch, R., 12 , 131 , 145 , 148

Diabetes, 27

Diagnosis, 41 ;

of misfortune, 90 -94

Diarrhea, 31

Discourse:

on spirits and illness cases, 50 ;

studied, to establish criteria of therapeutic efficacy, 131 ;

expressions of ngoma discourse, 143 ;

as curing qualities of verbal therapy, 144 ;

grid of, in ngoma, 145 ;

centrality of, in ngoma interaction and knowledge, 176 .

See also Knowledge; Ritual; Song; Song-dance

Divination:

in Bilumbu, 14 , 35 ff;

"throwing bones," 42 ;

in Swaziland, 37 -50;

in South Africa, 50 ;

mediumship vs. mechanistic, 42 -43, 48 -50;

relationship to cults of affliction, 91 -92;

femba type, 94 ;

of misfortune, 90 ff;

and spirits, 101 ;

communicative structure of, 123 ;

Ngombo type, Pende, 211 .

See also Diagnosis

Dizziness, 17 , 19 , 92

Dòg, dògá, dògí, dògò , proto-Bantu cognate:

human-caused misfortune, force of words, 65 -66, 67 , 68 , 90 , 141 , 192 ;

addressed in ngoma healing, 85 , 90 ;

and spirit fields, 94

Donda (eastern Bantu, sore), 64

Doyal, L., 6

Dreams, 12 , 19 , 137 , 139 ;

of animals, 19 ;

of people, 37 ;

of ancestors, 38 ;

of struggles, 92 ;

of Europeans, 140

Drum, drumming, 1 , 25 , 26 , 44 , 63 , 68 , 70 -72;

needed to bring out the spirit, 47 ;

purpose of, in healers' theories of ngoma, 143 .

See also Musical instruments

Dúád, dúádì, dúáídé (proto-Bantu, to become ill), 63 , 191

Duala people (Cameroon), 66

Dubos, R., 6

Durkheim, E., 78 , 80 , 98 , 173

E

Efficacy: of therapy, 7 ;

comparative criteria of, 130 -131;

of ngoma in Southern Savanna fertility enhancement, 164 -165

Ehret, C., 59 , 62

Ekata, rite of affliction, Boyela origin, 211

Ekoi people (Nigeria), 60 , 66

Elima, rite of affliction, Equateur, N. Zaire, origin, 11 , 209

Enaama (Mana), rite of affliction, Bukavu, of Bashi origin, 97

Entertainment, and ngoma, 32 -35

Equateur region (N. Zaire), Zebola, cult of affliction from, 18 -19

Etiology of disease, illness: children's illness and death, 12 , 23 , 162 ;

ordinary vs. sheitani , 27 ;

African vs. non-African, 40 ;

umbelelo, mego, resulting from interpersonal tensions, 40 ;

amakubalo , resulting from broken moral precepts, 40 , 93 ;

due to weakness, 44 ;

determine after hospital has "failed," 44 ;

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caused, 65 -66;

spirit fields and, 94 -101;

conflict, interpersonal, as cause of illness, 137 ;

ultimate, and particular signs and symptoms, 137 ;

link between, and particular signs and symptoms, 137

Eyesight, loss of, 26

F

Face, twisted, distorted, 26

Fear, of poverty, by Whites, 40

Feldman, 82

Fertility enhancement ngoma, 161 -165

Fevers, 12 , 19 , 92 , 163 ;

convulsive, 31

Fox, R., 3

Frankel, S., 159

Freidson, E., 6

Fry, P., 77

G

Gaisie, S., 162

Gàngà , proto-Bantu term for healer, doctor, for medicine, 23 , 31 , 67 -68, 193 .

See also N'anga

Geertz, C., 86

Giles, L., 136

Gluckman, M., 88

Goblet-Vanormelingen, V., 103 , 131 , 162 -165

Gonorrhea, 27

Goody, J., 156

Gqomfa, N., 119 -120, 137

Green, T., xii

Greenberg, J., 59

Gregory, J., and V. Piche, 156

Guthrie, M., 62 -68

Gynecological and obstetrical disorders, 19 , 92 ;

miscarriage, 106 , 162 ;

threatened, 165 ;

menstrual, 162 ;

dysmenorrhea, 163 ;

subfecundiry, 163 ;

genital tract disease, 163 .

See also Fertility enhancement; Infertility

H

Hamba : shrine type Southern Savanna, 67 , 103 ;

Chihamba, 118 -119;

Ihamba, 140 ;

as reproduction enhancing ngoma, among Luvale, 162 -164;

and ngoma among Pende, 211 ;

Yaka, 212 ;

Luvale, 212

Harwood, A., 6

Hassan, I., 26 -29, 126 , 143

Hassan, O., 25 -29, 142 -143

Headache, 19 , 24 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 45 , 51 , 92 ,132 , 142

Healing: distinct from religion, in scholarship, 4 ;

distinctive features of Central African, 86

Health: definitions of, 6 -7, 154 , 216 -217;

indicators of, 155 -156;

social reproduction of, 156 -160

Heart: burn with anxiety, 19 , 92 ;

rapid or arhythmic beat, 19 ;

fear of attack, 51 ;

failure, 54 ;

afflictions, 132

Heine, B., 59 , 60

Hemba people (Zaire), 66

Hemorrhoids, 27

Hookworm, 163

Huxley, F., 127

Huygens, P., 64 -65

Hygiene, ideas of, in African healing, 20

Hyman, L., 59

Hysteria, verbal (loss of speech), 132

I

Illness, accepting, as first stage of therapy, 51

Impotence, 19 , 31

Infectious disease, 166

Infertility, 12 , 13 ;

widespread zone of, 162 -165

Institution, 7 , 78 , 80 -83, 173 -179;

variations, 4 ;

defined, 80 ;

synthetic model of African therapeutic, its risks and benefits, 86

Islam, and ngoma, 30 -32

Isolation, 19

Isoma, rite of affliction, Ndembu, 103 , 162

J

Joblessness, job anxiety, as cause of illness, 51

K

Kakozi, rite of affliction in Bukavu, of Rwandaise and Lega origin, 97

Kalanga people (Zimbabwe), 95

Kayong'u, rite of affliction, Ndembu, 140

Killingi, rite of affliction of Swahili coast, 21

Kingiri-ngiri, M., 30 -32

Kinshasa, rationale for research site, 5 -6, 60 , 137 ;

grands rites in, 11 -20, 92

Kinyamukera, rite of affliction of Swahili coast, 26

Kleinman, A., 131

Knowledge:

of ngoma, codified in notebook, 27 ;

"survival knowledge" and ngoma, 109 , 176 ;

implicit, in symbols and metaphors, 131 ;

ancestral sanction of, 141 ;

content of, in ngoma, not overdetermined by possession, 149 -151;

consensual basis of, in healing, 152

Kongo region, people (Lower Zaire), 75 , 108 , 120 -121, 147 -148;

Nkita, rite of, 12 -14;

cults of affliction and historic trade, 45 , 64 -68, 160 -161


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L

Lambeck, M., 76 , 96 , 138

Last, M., and G. Chavunduka, 171 -172

Leach, E., 124

Leadership: sickness of, 12 ;

recruitment to, in ngoma, 138

Lema, G., xi , 12

Lemba:

Lower Zaire cult of affliction, 8 , 78 -79, 123 -124, 131 -132;

defining, as ngoma, 82 -83;

lyrics in, 120 -121, 146 ;

interpreted, 147 -148;

and social reproduction, 160 -161

Lesotho, social reproduction in, 158 -159

Lesthaege, R., 156

Lévi-Strauss, C., 133

Lewis, I., 3 , 89 , 134 -136

Lichindika, rite of affliction, coastal Swahili, 26

Lihamba, A., 109 , 176

Lokote, rite of affliction, Boyela origin, 211

Lovedu people (South Africa), 40

Luba people, 60 , 73 , 162 -165;

Bilumbu rite of, 14 -18

Lumbu. See Bilumbu

Luvale people (Zambia), 3 , 136 , 162 -165

M

Mabiala Mandela, xi , 19 -20, 92

Mabuza, I., 37 -49, 93 -94, 141

Madness, fear of, 37

Madogoli, rite of affliction, Swahili coast origin, 21 ;

explained, 26

Majini , spirits in Swahili ngoma, of Arabic origin, 23

Makala, E. K., xii , 25 -29, 33

Makhubu, L., xii , 64

Malaria, 163

Manianga:

rite of affliction, Kilwa origin, 21 ;

in Dar es Salaam, explained, 23 - 25 ;

paraphernalia used, 24 -25;

music for, 212

Maranhao, T., 144

Masheitani , spirits, of Arabic origin, 23

Matumbe, people, coastal Tanzania, 23 , 60

Mbabane-Manzini, Swaziland, rationale as research site, 5 , 60 . See also Swaziland

Mbochi people (Gabon), 66

Mbombo: rite of affliction, Ndembu, 103 ;

Luba-Shaba, 162 -164

Mbungi:

rite of affliction, Kilwa origin, 21 ;

in Dar es Salaam, explained, 23 ;

paraphernalia used, 25 ;

music for, 212

Medicine, 27 , 88 , 106 , 139 , 148 ;

combination of, in therapy, 20 , 31 ;

in kobe basket, 24 , 25 , 46 , 106 , 148 ;

in beaded gourds, 28 ;

in antelope horn, 29 ;

in trance divination, 43 , 45 ;

in bucket, 52 ;

drumming up, 108 ;

revealed in song-dance, 114 ;

given to assist patient to talk, 143 ;

defined as system, 154

Mediumship, 43 -50;

defined, in Swaziland, 45 ;

performed, in femba divination, 46 -50, 94 ;

in Zimbabwean war, 76 .

See also Divination; Possession; 77 . Trance

Meillassoux, C., 157

Mental disturbance, 26 , 27 , 140

Metaphor: 9 , 109 , 128 -131, 145 -149;

bridging domains, 117 ;

trance as, of experience, 128 , 129 , 136 ;

defined, 147 ;

of healing and transformation, 148 ;

of "difficult experience," and re- cruitment to ngoma, 145 , 149.

See also Ritual; Symbol; Trope

Meussen, A., 59

Mikanda-Mikanda, rite of affliction, Upper Zaire and Kivu origin, 11

Mills, J., xii , 169

Mind, memory loss, 17 ;

lack of presence, 19 , 92

Mitchell, J. C., 2

Mitumba, rite of affliction, Bukavu, 97 , 98 , 99

Mizuka, Mzuka:

rite of affliction, East African, Kivu origin, 11 ;

in Dar es Salaam, 23 ;

in Kinshasa, 11

Morsy, S., 6

Mozambique, ngoma in, 95

Mpombo:

rite of affliction, Mai-Ndombe Zaire origin, 11 ;

in Kinshasa, 19

Msaghiro:

Tanzanian rite of affliction, 21 ;

Dar es Salaam, explained, 23 , 26 ;

performed, 28 -29;

music for, 212

Mshiu, E., 23 , 27

Muchona, 139 -140

Mudimbe, V. Y., 82 ,146 -147

Mulangoyi, rite of affliction, Bukavu, of Lega, Zinga, Songe, 97

Mungano:

rite of affliction, Sukuma and Nyamwezi origin, in Dar es Salaam, 32 -33;

performed, 34 -35;

music of, 212

Murray, C., 6 , 158 -159

Musical instruments, in healing, 69 -74, 209 -213

N

N'anga:

rite of affliction, possibly Ngoni origin, 21 , 95 ;

spirits affecting, 23 ;

explained, 26 , 95 ;

performed, 29 -30.

See also Gàngà


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Navarro, V., 154

Ndebele, people (S. Africa, Zimbabwe), 35 , 37 , 60

Ndembu people (W. Zambia), subject of V. Turner's research, 1 -3, 60 , 77 , 108 ,139 -140, 162

Ndika, A., xii , 51 , 142

Needham, R., 127

Neher, A., 127

Nervous breakdown, 45

Networks, 7 , 167

Ngòmà (proto-Bantu, drum, song-dance):

defined, 1 ;

research on, 2 -6;

performance of, 16 -17, 28 -30, 33 - 35 , 44 -48, 52 -54, 110 -116;

as guilds in Sukuma society, 22 ;

in relation to Islam, 31 -32;

of entertainment, in Dar es Salaam, 32 -35;

and stress on divination of Nguni societies, 35 -37;

in Swaziland, 37 -50;

initiation to, in Cape Town, 51 -55;

as proto-Bantu cognate, 68 -69;

hypothesis of historic origin, 73 -74;

summary of patterns of representation of, 79 ;

ontology of, as unique institution, 80 -83;

as uncaptured power base, 177 ;

distribution of cognate in Bantu languages, 197

Ngubane, H., xii , 3 , 49 , 65 , 170 .

See also Sibisi

Nguni language and peoples, 8 , 38 -55, 78

Nkanga, rite of affliction, Mongo, 211

Nkisi (kícì ), 12 , 64 , 67 , 68 , 72 , 74 , 78 -79, 88 , 106 , 139 , 201 ;

musical accompaniment, among Woyo, 212

Nkita, Lower Zaire Kongo cult of affliction for lineage, household and individual wellbeing, 11 , 12 -14, 103 , 135 , 162

Nkula: rite of affliction, Ndembu, 103 ;

Luvale, 162 ;

music in, 212

Nosebleeding, 45 , 51 , 142

Nsenga people (Mozambique), 74

Nsiala Miaka Makengo, xi , 12 -13

Nyamulemule, rite of affliction, Bukavu, of Batembo and Bashi origin, 98

Nyamwezi people (eastern Tanzania), 33 , 60 , 75

Nzembela, K., 14 -18, 165

Nzombo, rite of affliction, Ngbaka origin, 211

Nzondo, rite of affliction, Mongo origin, 209 -210

O

Obenga, T., 64 -66

P

Pains, vague, 40

Paralysis, 26

Parsons, T., 6

Pedi people (S. Africa), 35 , 37

Pende people (Zaire), 67

Phillipson, D., 59

Pollution, of death, 111 -113

Possession, 1 , 8 , 19 , 23 , 32 , 79 , 89 , 100 , 134 -139;

and spirit classes, 23 , 32 ;

in dances, 29 ;

with mediumship, 43 ;

as trance, 37 , 141 -143;

in Bilumbu, 15 -18;

ngoma practice, without, 26 ;

and divination, 94 ;

distinction of belief in, and trance, 134 ;

theories of, 135 -136;

as minor cause of illness in Zebola, 137 ;

minor feature of ngoma, exaggerated by scholars, 140 -141;

as hypothesis or ideology, 149 -152.

See also Mediumship; Spirit; Trance

Power:

controlled and uncontrolled, 3 ;

authority, social renewal, and healing, 12 ;

liaison of ngoma to party in power, 28 ;

ngoma in relation to sovereign power of state, 75 -76;

weak states or segmentary societies, 79 ;

and efficacy of ngoma rite, 149 ;

legitimacy of ngoma, attraction of state, 171 ;

ngoma as uncaptured power base, 177

Prins, G., 2 , 3

Prohibition, in health and illness, 64 -65.

See also Transgression

Psychological distress, 12 , 18

Purification, metaphors and techniques of, 64 , 89 , 101 , 111

Pútá, púté (proto-Bantu, boil, sore, wound), 63 , 190

Q

Quest for therapy, 86 , 103

R

Ranger, T., 2 , 77

Reproduction enhancement, 161 -165

Respiratory disorder, 140 ;

asthma, 27

Rhythm, 1 , 69 , 144 ;

of words, 108 ;

polyrhythms, 122 -123;

distinctive, in each ngoma, 126 ;

and trance, 126 -128

Riesman, P., 82

Rite of passage, 87 -89

Ritual:

defined, 124 -126;

and music in ngoma, 126 -128;

summarized, 174 . See also Cult of affliction;

Metaphor; Symbol

Ritualization:

of affliction, 1 ;

cult of affliction as, in human society, 88 ;

as added levels of text, and reasons for, in ngoma, 124 -125


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Roberts, A., 14

Rouget, G., 127

Ruhani:

rite of affliction, Swahili coast origin, 21 ;

in Dar es Salaam, in relation to Islam, 30 -31

Rungu, rite of affliction, Swahili coast origin, 21

S

Sacrifice, 15 ;

in Cape Town ngoma, 51 -54, 166 ;

when occurring in ngoma rites, 89 ;

theories of, in ngoma, 104 -105

Sautter, G., 160

Savage, M., 6

Schneider, D., 80 -81

Schoffeleers, 134

Semali, I. A. J., xi , 23

Shaker, rattle, 16 , 30 ;

gourd, 24

Shaking of body, 24

Shangani people (Mozambique), 37 , 38

Shirika la Madawa ya Kiasili (Organization of Traditional Medicine, coastal Tanzania), 25 , 27 , 79 , 142 , 170 -172

Shona people (Zimbabwe), 70 -71, 73

Sibisi, H., 98 -99.

See also Ngubane

Sindzingre, N., 131

Skin, rash, 19 , 92 , 132

Smith, M. G., 80

Snake-handling, in Tanzanian ngoma, 149 -151

Sobhuza 37

Social reproduction: of health, 6 -7, 156 -159;

profiles of, 159 -172

Song, singing, 1 , 6 , 16 -17, 38 , 39 , 44 , 52 , 69 , 108 , 109 , 111 -116, 119 , 120 , 121 , 126 , 143 , 145 , 147 , 151 , 174 , 175 ;

common and personal, in ngoma, 118 -122;

call and response in, 117 , 122 -126;

metaphors in, 146 ;

and inchoate feelings of "difficult experience," 152

Song-dance, 1 , 35 , 54 , 109 , 111 -116, 118 , 122 , 149 , 163

Sorcery, 40 .

See also Witchcraft

Sotho-Tswana people (Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa), 50 -55, 167

Soul, loss, as cause of child's illness, 46

Spirits, 123 ;

loss of contact with, 12 ;

evil, 18 , 19 , 137 ;

of vengeful ancestors as cause of sickness, 46 ;

displeasure over unfinished marriage, as cause of sickness, 46 ;

hypothesis of recruitment to cult of affliction, 92 , 143 , 145 ;

fields, 94 -101;

in Mozambique, 95 ;

in Swaziland, 95 -96;

in South Africa, 96 ;

in coastal Tanzania, 96 ;

in eastern Zaire, 97 ;

in Zululand, 98 ;

in divination communicative structures, 123 ;

spirit logic, 134 -139;

displeasure of, 140 ;

relation to trance, 140 -143.

See also Mediumship; Possession; Trance

Spring, A., 2 -3, 103 , 131 , 136 , 162 -165

Stevens, P., 82 -83

Stillbirth, 162 , 165 .

See also Gynecological and obstetrical disorders

Stock, R., 156

Stuart, C., 82

Sukumaland, people (western Tanzania), 8 , 21 -22, 33 -34, 77 , 121 , 135 , 150 -151;

and work of H. Cory in, 2 ;

ngoma in, 21 -22

Suku people (Zaire), 67

Swantz, L., 2 , 30 , 171

Swantz, M. L., 2 , 21 , 30

Swaziland, people: rationale as research site, 5 -6;

ngoma in, 35 -50, 75 , 93 , 94 , 98 -99, 140 -141;

spirit fields in, 95 -96

Symbol, Symbolism, 58 ;

as attribute of institution, 80 ;

"drum" as symbol of therapeutic institution, 82 -83;

of color, in ngoma, 101 -105;

that stands for itself, 108 , 109 ;

nonverbal, 121 ;

in ritual, 125 ;

reproduction of, 157 ;

and state control, 171 .

See also Metaphor; Trope

Symptom-sign:

absence of specificity, in ngoma affliction, 55 , 94 ;

of misfortune, in ngoma, 92 -94;

in Zebola, 137

T

Tanzanian Ministry of Culture, Music Division, xii , 33 -34, 150 , 175 ;

licensing ngoma, 32 , 171

Teke people (Congo), 67

Therapeutic traditions:

indigenous Afri- can, defined, 1 -2;

research strategy in study of, 5 -6;

mimicry of Western, 20 ;

organized into association, 27 ff;

Islamic-Arabic, and ngoma, 27 -28, 31 -32, 136 ;

licensing of, 32 -33, 171 ;

Christian faith healing, 44 , 138 -139;

biomedicine, 44 , 51 , 154 ;

psychoanalysis, 55 , 144 ;

psychotherapeutic interpretation, of ngoma, 137 , 138 ;

Western self-help, 142 , 177 ;

family therapy, 144 .

See also Health; Knowledge; World Health Organization

Therapy:

individual and collective mechanisms of, 7 , 13 , 14 , 21 ;

with white powder (pémbà ), 15 , 16 , 67 , 101 ,


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104 ;

seclusion, counseling, ritual, 19 , 21 , 45 , 51 , 163 ;

initiation as, 19 , 51 -55;

paraphernalia for, in Dar es Salaam, 25 ;

"outlining" person with medicine, 28 ;

reading and prayer, 31 ;

ngoma for, vs. entertainment, 32 ;

immunization against snakebite, with venom, 35 ;

meditative and counseling, 37 ;

through force of words, 66 ;

proto-Bantu cognates of, 66 -68;

characteristic features of Central African, 86 , 88 ;

"course through white" as, 101 -104;

sacrifice as, 104 -105;

herbal, dietary, and ritual, 163 ;

beneficial and deliterious, in reproduction enhancement, 164 .

See also Divination; Drum, drumming; Efficacy; Medicine; Ngoma

Therapy management, 68 , 103

Thompson, R. F., 127

Thonga people (Mozambique), 37 -38, 135 ;

Vandau among, 135

Tiv people (Nigeria), 60 , 66

Traditional Medicine Research Unit, Muhimbili Hospital, Dar es Salaam, xi , 30

Trance: in Bilumbu, 16 , 18 , 92 , 100 ;

femba, in Swaziland, 45 ;

and musical rhythms, 127 -128;

rise and decline, presence and absence of, in ngoma, 140 -141.

See also Mediumship; Possession; Spirits

Transgression, of social rules, cause of sign-symptoms, 137 .

See also Prohibition

Trope:

"doing ngoma" as dominant, 108 ;

and difficult experience, 145 , 149 .

See also Metaphor; Ritual; 150 . Symbol

Tuberculosis, 51 , 77 , 169

Tukuka, rite of affliction, Ndembu, 140

Turner, V. W., 1 , 2 , 21 , 64 , 77 , 83 , 88 , 103 -105, 108 , 119 , 125 , 139 -140, 162 -164

Twasa (sickness, call, to initiation), little symptom-sign specificity in, 55 , 137 , 140

Twin pregnancies, 162

U

Unschuld, P., 171 -172

Urinary tract disease, 163

V

Van Binsbergen, W., 3 , 134

Van Noten, F., 59 , 61

Van Onselen, C., 76

Vansina, J., 3 , 59 , 60 , 61

Venda people (South Africa), 71 , 108 , 126

Visions, 37 ;

of ancestors, 38

Vomiting, 31 ;

blood, 37 , 45

W

Waite, G., 67

Weakness, of body, 24

Webster, D., 95

Weight, loss or excess, 19 , 24 , 92

Werbner, R., 76 , 94 -95, 97

West, M., xii

Wetsi-Wokenda, rite of affliction, Tetela origin, 210

Wilson, M., 3

Witchcraft, 204 ;

as cause of sickness, 16 , 63 , 137

World Bank, 155 , 158

World Health Organization, 154 -155, 158

Wubwangu, rite of affliction, Ndembu, 103 , 162

X

Xhosa people (South Africa), 8 , 37 , 50 -51, 71 , 75 , 96 , 98 -99, 119 -120, 166 -168

Y

Yaka people (Zaire), 67

Yesia Luther King, xii

Yoder, R., 155

Young, A., 131

Z

Zaire, Lower, in coastal trade, 160 -161

Zambia:

ngoma in West of, 3 ;

and the "infertility zone," 162

Zaramo people (coastal Tanzania), 26 -35,170 -171

Zaretzsky, I., 95

Zebola:

cult of affliction in Equateur, N. Zaire, and Kinshasa, 8 , 11 , 209 ;

urban changes, 18 -19;

degree of trance in, 137

Zigua people (coastal Tanzania), 26 -35, 170 -171

Zola, I., 6

Zulu people (South Africa), 35 , 37 , 38 , 50 -51, 64 -68

passim, 75 , 98 -99, 166 -168


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