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Re: seeking information about witch-doctors among africans
Rick Cook (rcook@BIX.com)
Mon, 03 Apr 1995 21:59:14
>Try Guns and Rain by Terrence Ranger. It deals with the relationship
>between traditional healers and the guerilla movement against the former
>white rulers of Zimbabwe. BTW witch doctor is an antequated term for these
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>folks. The term now in use is traditional healer.
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>Karl_Shepard@ccm.jf.intel.com
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Another good source is "Politics Law and Ritual in Tribal Societies", which
focuses on the role they play in the cohesion of traditional societies.
--Rick Cook
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