TY  - BOOK
AU  - Niehaus,Isak
TI  - Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa [ electronic resource ]
SN  - 9781139060929 ( e-book )
PY  - 2012///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Social and Cultural Anthropology
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Sociology
KW  - African Studies
KW  - Social Theory
KW  - Anthropology: General Interest
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then studied at university and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle. In 2005, Jimmy died from an undiagnosed sickness, probably related to AIDS. Jimmy gradually came to see the unanticipated misfortune he experienced as a result of his father's witchcraft and sought remedies from diviners rather than from biomedical doctors. This study casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between South African politics, witchcraft and the AIDS pandemic
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139060929
ER  -