Reviewing Reality: Dynamics of African DivinationW. E. A. van Beek, Philip M. Peek LIT Verlag Münster, 2013 - 395 pagine From crab divination in the Cameroon to friction oracles in the Congo Basin, from reading cast objects in Mozambique to spirit possession in Cote d'Ivoire, from Sudanese ebony diviners to South African Xhosa healers, divination systems throughout Africa serve their communities by answering questions and resolving problems. Divination helps people chart a course in their lives through a deeper understanding of past and present. This important book reveals the extraordinary diversity and complexity of African divination systems, focusing on self-knowledge, social reality, and intercultural and historical relations. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 50) |
Sommario
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Nomfando LilyRose Mlisa | 59 |
Philip Peek | 83 |
Véroniqae Dachesne | 99 |
Adereini Suleiman Ajala | 115 |
Albert de Sargy | 141 |
Baerends | 159 |
Paulo Granjo | 211 |
Wendy ames | 239 |
Iulie Ndaya | 257 |
Luc Pecquet | 271 |
Ron E glash | 295 |
Patricia Lamarchede Largentaye | 313 |
Wim van Binsbergen | 339 |
Profile of authors | 376 |
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African divination systems amagqirha amaXhosa ancestors animal anthropology Anufom Anyi artefacts asked babalawo Beek behaviour Binsbergen blacksmith body boson calabash called Camagu ceremony Cewuve communication Congo consultation context cowries crab cult cultural death deceased deterministic chaos Devisch diagnosis divi divination session divinatory diviner’s Dogon dreams ebony epistemology friction oracle Granjo healers healing human Ifa divination Ifa priest igqirha ikin illness initiation interpretation intersubjective interworld intuition invisible itombwa kaolin Kapsiki Kinshasa knowledge komian living Lyela male Matogu matrixial meaning mediumistic divination misfortune mother Mozambique Native American Nguni Nigeria Nyathi objects one’s opele oracle oracular Orunmila Osogbo Peek perception performance person possession practices problem questions random relations religion repeat chorus ritual sacrifice signs slit gong social society specific spirits symbols techniques tinhlolo tion Togo traditional trance twins Tyankpe Uduk umbilini University Press village witchcraft woman Xhosa Yaka Yoruba