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      Body and Affect in the Intercultural Encounter

      Rene Devisch

      The volume draws from Rene Devisch’s encounters with groups in southsaharan Africa, primarily. The author had the privilege to immerse himself, around the clock, in the Yakaphones’ activities and thoughts…

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      Weaving the Threads of Life: Khita Gyn-eco-logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka

      Rene Devisch

      For the Yaka of Southwestem Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of re-weaving the damaged strands. Here…

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      Weaving the Threads of Life: Khita Gyn-eco-logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka

      Rene Devisch

      For the Yaka of Southwestem Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of re-weaving the damaged strands. Here…

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      The Law of the Lifegivers: The Domestication of Desire

      Claude Brodeur,Rene Devisch

      An investigation of the importance among the African Yaka people of body and space in the daily life, exercise of power, and initiatic traditions. The analysis shows that body, desire…

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      The Postcolonial Turn. Re-Imagining Anthropology and Africa

      This innovative book is a forward-looking reflection on mental decolonisation and the postcolonial turn in Africanist scholarship. As a whole, it provides five decennia-long lucid and empathetic research involvements by…

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