ISBN 9789990816341
Pages 292
Dimensions 216 x 140 mm
Illustrations B/W Illustrations
Published 2001
Publisher Kachere Series, Malawi
Format Paperback

Chewa Traditional Religion

by J W.M. Van Breugel

Researched under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances during the Banda era, this book is a unique contribution to anthropological research in Malawi. Orginally published in 1976 this new edition has been throughly reworked and edited at a time when many of the domains described by Van Breugel were in a process of decline, transformation or even disappearance. The book offers precious descriptions of rain rituals at Bunda and Tsang'oma, explications of witchcraft phenomena and of the mdulu-complex, a convincing theory of the religious significance of Nyau and extensive deliberations of concepts of God and ancestors. In addition the book serves as a comprehensive overview on all the domains of Chewa Traditional Religion.

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