Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History

Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History
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Publisher : The Lembani Trust
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9789982680011
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Download or read book Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History written by Kalusa, Walima T. and published by The Lembani Trust. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this set of essays Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan explore themes in the history of death in Zambia and Malawi from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on extensive archival and oral historical research they examine the impact of Christianity on spiritual beliefs, the racialised politics of death on the colonial Copperbelt, the transformation of burial practices, the histories of suicide and of maternal mortality, and the political life of the corpse.


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