Madumo, a Man Bewitched

Name: Madumo, a Man Bewitched
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ISBN: 9780226029726

ISBN-10: 0226029727

ISBN-13: 9780226029726

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adam Ashforth

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"No one answered when I tapped at the back door of Madumo's home on Mphahlele Street a few days after my return to Soweto, so I pushed the buckling red door in a screeching grind of metal over concrete and entered calling, "Hallo?" So begins this true story of witchcraft and friendship set against the turbulent backdrop of contemporary Soweto. Adam Ashforth, an Australian who has spent many years in the black township, finds his longtime friend Madumo in dire circumstances: his family has accused him of using witchcraft to kill his mother and has thrown him out on the street. Convinced that his life is cursed, Madumo seeks help among Soweto's bewildering array of healers and prophets. An…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Adam Ashforth is the Helmut F. Stern Professor in the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan.



A Note to the Reader



Where's Madumo?



Madumo's Curse



In the City



Breakfast Stories



Diagnosis



Talking of Witches



The Healer and His Craft



A Deluge of Witchcraft



The Healing Begins



Of Witches and Their Craft



A Witch's Brew?



Church



Madumo's Advice to the Lovelorn



IsidlisoNights



Diagnoses, Doubts, and Despair



Back to Square One



Interview with the Ancestors



The Homecoming



A Feast for the Ancestors?



Departures and Beginnings