Ngoma
  Preface

  Introduction
 expand section1  Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction
 expand section2  Identifying Ngoma  Historical and Comparative Perspectives
 expand section3  Core Features in Ngoma Therapy
 expand section4  Doing Ngoma  The Texture of Personal Transformation
 expand section5  How Ngoma Works  Of Codes and Consciousness
 collapse section6  How Ngoma Works  The Social Reproduction of Health
 •Health And Health Indicators
 •The Social Reproduction of Health
 collapse sectionProfiles Of Ngoma Social Reproduction
 •Reconciling Lineage and Trade in Precolonial Kongo Society
 •Saving Lives of Mothers and Infants on the Southern Savanna
 •Regional Networks of the Isangoma/ Amagqira of Southern Africa
 •Professional and State Control of Ngoma on the Swahili Coast
 •Conclusion
  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
 expand sectionAppendix C  Instrumentation Accompanying Healing Rituals in Central and Southern Africa
 expand sectionNotes
  Bibliography
 expand sectionIndex
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