Symbolic and diachronic study of inter-cultural therapeutic and divinatory roles among aLuund ("Lunda") and Chokwe in the Upper Kwaango (South Western Zaire)
This article attempts to analyze inter-cultural ritual (therapeutic and divinatory) interaction between the aLuund and Chokwe of Southwestern Zaire. The fact that the aLuund turn to neighbouring groups for ritual and therapeutic assistance invites questions with regard to the nature of the unity of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1993-01-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/93-9-12-DeBoeck.pdf |