Strangers, Spirits, and Land Reforms

Marja J. Spierenburg, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (2003), is Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. Earlier publications on natural resource management and spirit possession include The Quest for Fruition through Ngoma (co-edited with R. van Dijk and R. Reis. James Currey, 2000).

'This is a book for anyone trying to understand the challenges and prospects for rural advancement in post-colonial Africa in general and South Africa and Zimbabwe in particular where the legacies of colonialism (read apartheid for South Africa) are still enduring.'John Blessing Karumbidza (Muse).'..there is a great deal more to the land issue in Zimbabwe than Mugabe's land seizures. ..This is a valuable work that should be read by anyone interested in the anthropology of religion (or) the anthropology of development'. David O'Kane, European Journal of Anthropology.