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Symbols of lifeBook 1982 • Aschwanden, Herbert & Cooper, Ursula
Shona • Africa > Southern Africa
The is a study of symbolism in the oral tradition of the Karanga subgroup, taken from their point of view (continued in Aschwanden et al., 1987). Nearly all the data came from people in a hospital where the author, a physician, was assisted in the co...Symbols of deathBook 1987 • Aschwanden, Herbert & Cooper, Ursula
Shona • Africa > Southern Africa
This is a continuation of Aschwanden et al., 1982. Here, as in the previous work, the symbolism of the Karanga subgroup is analyzed and interpreted from the standpoint of the natives. The complex and intricate nature of the symbols of death are inves...