Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa Volume 34

by John M. Janzen

Book Overview

Ngoma, in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520072650
• ISBN13: 9780520072657
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"