| Ngoma |
| Preface |
| Introduction |
 | 1 Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction |
 | The "Grands Rites" Of Kinshasa |
| Ngoma On The Swahili Coast |
| Sangoma: Divining The Stresses Of Rapid Industrialization In North Nguni Society |
| • | A Swazi College For Diviner-Healers |
| • | Pengula: Divination By "Throwing The Bones" |
| • | Ukufemba: Divination By Mediumship |
| • | Mediumistic Trance Versus Mechanistic Technique |
| 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 |