Quest for Fruition Through Ngoma

• Introduction - beyond the confinement of affliction; a discursive field of experience, Rijk van Dijk, Ria Reis, Marja Spierenburg; kings, spirits and brides in Tanzania, Henny Blokland; gender and ngoma - the power of drums in Eastern Zambia, Annette Drews; the "wounded healer" as ideology - the work of ngoma in Swaziland, Ria Reis; social commentaries and the influence of the clientele - the case of the Mhondoro cult in Dande, Zimbabwe, Marja Spierenburg; the story of a scapegoat king in rural Malawi, Matthew Schoffeleers; the politics of therapeutic ngoma - the case of the Zionist churches in urban Zambia, Cor Jonker; ngoma, born-again fundamentalism and contesting representations of time in urban Malawi, Rijk van Dijk.

... rich ethnography and provocative intellectual engagement. -