Cultural practice of the Midzichenda at cross roads:

This paper discusses the conflicts between some cultural practices of the Midzichenda (i. e. divination, healing and witchcraft) and the Kenyan Law. For decades, diviners and healers have been misconceived and condemned wholesale as `witchdoctors´, `wizards´ or `witches´. This misconception has seen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tinga, Kaingu Kalume
Other Authors: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Afrikanistik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2012
Subjects:
law
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97822
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97822
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/9782/5_13_Tinga.pdf