Art et guérison: les rites de possession "mahamba" liés à la fécondité chez les Luvale de Zambie
This paper deals with a number of symbolic practices and art forms that have developed within rituals of possession known as mahamba in the upper Zambezi and Kasai area. I refer mostly to the Luvale of Zambia, among whom there are numerous mahamba, variously related to serious illness, sterility, ma...
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Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1998-01-01
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Series: | Afrika Focus |
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Online Access: | http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/98-14-1-Wastiau.pdf |