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The politics of offical discourse in twentieth-century South Africa.
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ISBN: 0198277024 Year: 1990 Volume: vol *18 Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon press,

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Madumo : a man bewitched.
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ISBN: 0226029719 0226029727 9780226029719 0864863640 9780864863645 Year: 2000 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago press

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In Soweto, South Africa, Madumo's 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 healers and prophets. An inyanga, or traditional healer, confirms that Madumo is, indeed, bewitched. With the author at his side, Madumo embarks upon a physically gruelling treatment regimen that he follows religiously--almost to the point of death--despite his suspicion that it may be better to "Westernize my mind and not think about witchcraft".

Witchcraft, violence and democracy in South Africa.
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ISBN: 0226029735 0226029743 Year: 2005 Publisher: Chicago The University of Chicago Press

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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 Soweto, South Africa, the constant threat of violent crime, the increase in black socio-economic inequality, the AIDS pandemic, and a widespread fear of witchcraft have converged to create a pervasive sense of insecurity among citizens and a unique public policy problem for government. In 'Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa,' Adam Ashforth examines how people in Soweto and other parts of post-apartheid South Africa manage their fear of 'evil forces' such as witchcraft. Ashforth examines the dynamics of insecurity in the everyday life of Soweto at the turn of the twenty-first century. He develops a new framework for understanding occult violence as a form of spiritual insecurity and documents new patterns of interpretation attributing agency to evil forces. Finally, he analyzes the response of post-apartheid governments to issues of spiritual insecurity and suggests how these matters pose severe long-term challenges to the legitimacy of the democratic state.


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Quand le sida est sorcellerie. Un défi pour la démocratie sud-africaine
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Morality, Hope and Grief

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