Chewa Traditional Religion

Researched under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances during the Banda era, this book is a unique contribution to anthropological research in Malawi. Orginally published in 1976 this new edition has been throughly reworked and edited at a time when many of the domains described by Van Breugel were in a process of decline, transformation or even disappearance. The book offers precious descriptions of rain rituals at Bunda and Tsang'oma, explications of witchcraft phenomena and of the mdulu-complex, a convincing theory of the religious significance of Nyau and extensive deliberations of concepts of God and ancestors. In addition the book serves as a comprehensive overview on all the domains of Chewa Traditional Religion.

• | Author: J. W. M. Van Breugel
• | Publisher: Kachere Series
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 9990816344
• | ISBN-13: 9789990816341