| Ngoma |
| Preface |
| Introduction |
 | 1 Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction |
 | 2 Identifying Ngoma Historical and Comparative Perspectives |
| • | The Bantu Conundrum |
| • | The Lexicon Of a Classical Sub-Saharan Therapeutics |
| • | Instruments Of Ritual Healing As A Nonverbal Cognate Set |
| Social And Political Variables Of A Complex Institution |
| Scholarly Blinders And The Ontology Of A Unique Institution |
| • | Conclusion |
| 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 |