Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa 1st Edition by Isak Niehaus ISBN 1107016282 9781107016286

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ISBN 10: 1107016282

ISBN 13: 9781107016286 

Author: Isak Niehaus 

Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then studied at university and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle. In 2005, Jimmy died from an undiagnosed sickness, probably related to AIDS. Jimmy gradually came to see the unanticipated misfortune he experienced as a result of his father’s witchcraft and sought remedies from diviners rather than from biomedical doctors. This study casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between South African politics, witchcraft, and the AIDS pandemic.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Early experiences, initial suspicions
3. Becoming a man
4. ‘Then I did not believe’
5. ‘My second initiation’
6. ‘I see things differently now’
7. Seeking revenge
8. AIDS and Oedipus
9. Reconstructing an ideal life
10. Last words

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