Ghosts of Kanungu: Fertility, Secrecy & Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa
Author:   Richard Vokes
Publisher:   James Currey
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9781847010728


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   17 October 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard Vokes
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9781847010728


ISBN 10:   1847010725
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   17 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Prologue: The End as a Beginning Introduction On Fertility & Misfortune The Many Lives of the Nyabingi Spirit Genesis: Building the Network Numbers: Religion in the Time of AIDS Chronicles: The History of an African-Initiated Church Revelation: The Last Days of the MRTC Epilogue Appendix: Marian Literature Used by the MRTC

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'a compelling account of the tragic events that hindsight suggests were to culminate in 2000 with the deaths of some hundreds of members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandmants of God in the south-west of Uganda. . This is amongst the outstanding Africanist ethnographies of recent years: a splendid combination of ethnographic investigation with the evaluation of texts and images, and a significant addition to the literature on African-initiated Churches.' Richard Fardon, SOAS, University of London, AFRICAN AFFAIRS 'a tour de force in historical ethnography and anthropological detective work... a deftly crafted account of gender relations, changes in household structure, exchange networks, cults of affliction, Roman Catholic history, the consequences of the AIDS epidemic, and the rise of New Christianity, all beautifully contextualized in the ethnography of the Ankole and Kiga people of southwestern Uganda. ... All of this makes the book useful and accessible to a wide constituency in Africa and beyond. ' Susan Reynolds Whyte, University of Copenhagen, Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology


A compelling account...amongst the outstanding Africanist ethnographies of recent years: a splendid combination of ethnographic investigation with the evaluation of texts and images, and a significant addition to the literature on African-initiated Churches. AFRICAN AFFAIRS A tour de force in historical ethnography and anthropological detective work... a deftly crafted account of gender relations, changes in household structure, exchange networks, cults of affliction, Roman Catholic history, the consequences of the AIDS epidemic, and the rise of New Christianity, all beautifully contextualized in the ethnography of the Ankole and Kiga people of southwestern Uganda. ... All of this makes the book useful and accessible to a wide constituency in Africa and beyond. ETHNOS


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