UKUTHWASA INITIATION OF AMAGQIRHA: IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AND THE TRAINING OF XHOSA WOMEN AS TRADITIONAL HEALERS
The study explores ukuthwasa initiation process amongst amaXhosa women in the Eastern Cape Province. The focus is on the training of women amagqirha in three areas in the Eastern Cape. The study looks at how the women are trained as amagqirha and how they construct their multifaceted identities duri...
Main Author: | Mlisa, Lily-Rose Nomfundo |
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Other Authors: | Prof E Pretorius |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en-uk |
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University of the Free State
2010
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Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-03302010-115242/restricted/ |
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