Witchcraft and a life in the new south africa
Auteur :
Niehaus, Isak
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107016286
Date de publication :
29 oct. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,8 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
480 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Casting new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between politics, witchcraft and AIDS in South Africa, this biography reconstructs the life of Jimmy Mohale, who studied and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle and died from an undiagnosed sickness, attributing his misfortunes to witchcraft.