01645cam a2200265 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200030000840400018001140420008001320430012001400500025001521000036001772450066002132600110002793000040003894900044004295040051004735200682005246000031012066500030012376500055012676510057013221698139420150624202658.0110928s2013    enkab    b    001 0deng    a  2011040991  a978-1107016286 (hardback)  aDLCcDLCdPUL  apcc  af-sa---00aBF 1584b.S6N53 20131 aNiehaus, Isak A.q(Isak Arnold)10aWitchcraft and a life in the new South Africa.cIsak Niehaus.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press  ;aLondon :bInternational African Institute,c2013.  axxi, 239 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.0 aThe international African library ;v43  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"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"--10aMohale, Jimmy,d1964-2005. 0aWitchcraftzSouth Africa. 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.2bisacsh 0aSouth AfricaxSocial life and customsy20th century.