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Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire : Nazarite Women's Performance in South Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire Nazarite Women's Performance in South Africa - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Author: Carol Ann Muller
With close to one million members, the Church of the Nazarites (ibandla lamaNazaretha) is one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa. Founded in 1910 by Isaiah Shembe, it offers South Africans--particularly disadvantaged black women and girls--a way to remake and reconnect to ancient sacred traditions disrupt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226548197
ISBN-10: 0226548198
Publication Date: 2/1/2000
Pages: 337
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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