Ngoma

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Preface

Introduction

1  Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction

2  Identifying Ngoma  Historical and Comparative Perspectives

3  Core Features in Ngoma Therapy

4  Doing Ngoma  The Texture of Personal Transformation

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Text And Texture In African Healing

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"Doing Ngoma": The Core Ritual Unit

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Common Songs And Personal Song In Ngoma Narrative Tradition

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The Structure Of Ngoma Therapeutic Communication

Of Music and Ritual in Ngoma

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

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