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Madumo, a Man Bewitched
Häftad, 2005
260 kr
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Adam Ashforth, an Australian who has spent many years in Soweto, finds his longtime friend Madumo in dire circumstances: his family has accused him of using witchcraft to kill his mother and has thrown him out on the street. Convinced that his life is cursed, Madumo seeks help among Soweto's …
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
Häftad, 2005
648 kr
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How does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In …
Trials of Mrs. K.
Seeking Justice in a World with Witches
Häftad, 2018
235 kr
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In March 2009, in a small town in Malawi, a nurse at the local hospital was accused of teaching witchcraft to children. Amid swirling rumors, “Mrs. K.” tried to defend her reputation, but the community nevertheless grew increasingly hostile. The legal, social, and psychological trials that she …
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
Inbunden, 2005
926 kr
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How does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In …
Trials of Mrs. K.
Seeking Justice in a World with Witches
Inbunden, 2018
707 kr
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In March 2009, in a small town in Malawi, a nurse at the local hospital was accused of teaching witchcraft to children. Amid swirling rumors, “Mrs. K.” tried to defend her reputation, but the community nevertheless grew increasingly hostile. The legal, social, and psychological trials that she …
Politics of Official Discourse in Twentieth Century South Africa
Häftad, 2014
317 kr
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The main body of this book comprises a detailed reading of a series of South African commission reports. These documents were the products of inquiries into the central issues of state formation which the ruling orders of the South African state used to term the ‘Native Question’. In a fundamental …
