Ngoma , in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of "doing ngoma ." Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es ...
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Ngoma , in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of "doing ngoma ." Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to ngoma --and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.
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Good in Near fine jacket. Gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 241pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text has some ink underlining and marginalia scattered throughout. DJ has hint of shelfwear.
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Very Good + in very good + jacket. An investigation of "Ngoma", a widespread and classical form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Publisher's remainder stamp on bottom edge of pages. 18 black and white photographic images and 19 maps. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 241 pp.
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