The Daasanech of South-Western Ethiopia: Concepts around Prosperity and Misfortune

The question that is taken up in this lecture is how models which deal with prosperity and misfortune and with sickness and health are related to action-models of restoration and defence. I try to illuminate the connections between the experience of cosmos, body and social world, between rituals and...

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Main Author: Yvan Houtteman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 1998-03-01
Series:Afrika Focus
Online Access:https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/5587