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The isangoma: an adaptive agent among the urban Zulu
Anthropological quarterly • 44 (2) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 51-65
By: Du Toit, Brian M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the work of a professional anthropologist who worked with a primarily Zulu urban population. Its main focus is to outline the roles and functions of traditional spiritual specialists in modernizing Africa. These various specialists engage in diagnosis and treatment of physical and psychic ailments; but this is only one aspect of their work, which is more generally the practice of helping clients to live in harmony within their spiritual, natural, and social environment. As such, these specialists continue to be important resources to people at all levels of education and are not readily being replaced by specialists in western medicine.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Magicians and diviners
- Medical personnel
- Magic
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Jan Simpson ; John Beierle ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kwa Mashu urban complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian M. Du Toit
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)