Ngoma |
Preface |
Introduction |
1 Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction |
The "Grands Rites" Of Kinshasa |
• | Buttressing The Lineage In Western Bantu Society |
• | God, Jesus, The Ancestors, And Janet In Luba Divination |
• | Urban Changes In Cults Of Affliction |
Ngoma On The Swahili Coast |
Sangoma: Divining The Stresses Of Rapid Industrialization In North Nguni Society |
The Amagqira: Surviving The Townships Of South Africa |
2 Identifying Ngoma Historical and Comparative Perspectives |
3 Core Features in Ngoma Therapy |
4 Doing Ngoma The Texture of Personal Transformation |
5 How Ngoma Works Of Codes and Consciousness |
6 How Ngoma Works The Social Reproduction of Health |
Conclusion |
Appendix A Partial Listing of Guthrie's Inventory of Bantu Languages |
Appendix B Distributions of Terms in Bantu Languages Pertaining to Therapeutic Concepts and Actions |
Appendix C Instrumentation Accompanying Healing Rituals in Central and Southern Africa |
Notes |
Bibliography |
Index |