Witchcraft and a life in the new South Africa. Isak Niehaus.

By:

Niehaus, Isak A. (Isak Arnold)

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TextSeries: The international African library ; 43Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; London : International African Institute, 2013.Description: xxi, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

978-1107016286 (hardback)

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LOC classification:

BF 1584 .S6N53 2013

Summary: "Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then studied at university and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle. In 2005, Jimmy died from an undiagnosed sickness, probably related to AIDS. Jimmy gradually came to see the unanticipated misfortune he experienced as a result of his father's witchcraft and sought remedies from diviners rather than from biomedical doctors. This study casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between South African politics, witchcraft, and the AIDS pandemic"--

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General circulation books	Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	BF 1584 .S6N53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C1	Available	2015-1913

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then studied at university and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle. In 2005, Jimmy died from an undiagnosed sickness, probably related to AIDS. Jimmy gradually came to see the unanticipated misfortune he experienced as a result of his father's witchcraft and sought remedies from diviners rather than from biomedical doctors. This study casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between South African politics, witchcraft, and the AIDS pandemic"--

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