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Title Reeds in the wind of change: Zulu sangomas in transition
Full text https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3151634
Date 2021
Author(s) Hooghordel, G.J.
Contributor(s) Dijk, R.A. van; Beek, W.E.A. van; Spierenburg, M.J. (Committee member); Stroeken, K. (Committee member); Jansen, J.A.M.M. (Committee member); Leiden University
Abstract This dissertation investigates the changing healing practice of Zulu sangomas in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Indigenous healing in South Africa is currently at a crossroads. While the latest healthcare legislation accepts the traditional healthcare system as equal to cosmopolitan healthcare, the accompanying institutional developments present obligations and challenges for indigenous healers. While the legalisation is important for sangomas, certain valued characteristics of their much-frequented healing practices are now under pressure. This research seeks to detect where transformations in indigenous healing practices originate and it seeks to understand to what purpose adaptations in healing processes serve. - Health and self-regulation
Subject(s) Indigenous healing; Sangoma; Ancestors; Indigenous knowledge transfer; Medicine; Religion; South Africa
Language en
Type of publication Doctoral Thesis; info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis; Text
Format application/pdf
Rights https://hdl.handle.net/1887/license:5
Identifier lucris-id:366185847
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
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