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ngoma1 CONSTRUCTNgomaJANZEN · ANTHROPOLOGY OF

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Anthropology of religion

the widespread central and southern African healing institution, named for the drum, in which sufferers are initiated into healing communities of song and dance.

In anthropology of religion, ngoma refers to the widespread central and southern African healing institution, named for the drum, in which sufferers are initiated into healing communities of song and dance. This meaning comes from Janzen (1992) in Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa.[1]

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  1. Janzen, J. M. (1992). Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520072657.001.0001

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