“The Ancestors Are Beating Us”: Men, Migration and Spirit Possession in South Africa
Although studies of migration have grown exponentially in recent years, their focus has for the most part been on individuals and groups moving from (rural) peripheries to (urban) centres, akin to the prophesies of mainstream modernist theory. In South Africa, formidable scholarship has tackled the...
Main Author: | Vendula Řezáčová |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Hradec Králové, Philosophical Faculty
2016-05-01
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Series: | Modern Africa |
Online Access: | http://edu.uhk.cz/africa/index.php/ModAfr/article/view/86 |
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