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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