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  title info:
    title: Witchcraft in post-colonial Africa
    sub title: beliefs, techniques and containment strategies
  name:
    name part: Mavhungu, Khaukanani.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: dictionary
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cm
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xii, 132 pages) :) : maps, digital fil
  abstract: This is a comparative ethnographic study of witchcraft and associated violence between the kingdoms of Kom and Venda in Cameroon and South Africa respectively. The book shows why despite its prevalence in both societies, witchcraft does not lead to open violence in Kom, while such large-scale violence is commonplace in Venda. It reveals that this difference can be explained by factors such as the variations in local ideas on witches, differences in the role of traditional authorities, and various state interventions on witchcraft matters. The book demonstrates, through a rich collection of detailed cases, that contrary to anthropological theory that views witchcraft as a mechanism for the expression and resolution of social tensions and conflicts, witchcraft may at times become a disturbance of amicable social relations. Witchcraft accusations may occur in a context where strained social relations have not preceded them. The knowledge and experience that people have about witchcraft is sufficient to trigger an accusation and a violent reaction. Different forms of witchcraft account for variations in witchcraft attributions and accusations. This comparison provides a valuable contribution to ongoing witchcraft policy discourse amid widespread citizen anxiety over witchcraft, and the increasing call on the post-colonial state to intervene and protect its citizens against occult aggression.
  table of contents: Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by John Sharp -- Preface -- Witchcraft discourse in post-colonial Africa -- Witches of Venda and Kom -- Containment of witchcraft at family and community levels -- Explaining witchcraft violence in Venda, Limpopo Province -- Policy options for post-colonial South Africa -- Bibliography.
  note: Khaukanani Mavhungu.
  note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-132).
  subject:
    geographic code: f-cm---
    geographic code: f-sa---
  subject:
    topic: Witchcraft
    geographic: South Africa
    geographic: Venda
  subject:
    topic: Witchcraft
    geographic: Cameroon
  classification: BF1584.C17 M388 2012
  classification: 133.4/3096711
  identifier: 9789956728329
  identifier: 9789956728374
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: MdBmJHUP
    record creation date: 130418
    record change date: 20260608210603.8
    record identifier: in00003408872