"The witch. She is in her house"--"We don't have witches here. Not in Soweto": Soweto witchcraft accusations in the transition from apartheid through liberation to democracy

"The witch. She is in her house"--"We don't have witches here. Not in Soweto": Soweto witchcraft accusations in the transition from apartheid through liberation to democracy

During 1994 and 1995 major-crime emergency response police (Soweto Flying Squad) in the largest black township in South Africa noticed and frequently discussed a rise in the number of witchcraft-related complaints, incidents and requests for assistance. In that time of transition and deep cultural a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wardrop, Joan
Other Authors: Burghard Schmidt
Format: Book Chapter
Published: DOBU Verlag 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41992

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