2007-08-03 06:31:57 · 12 answers · asked by Euan D 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no tnx
2007-08-03 06:35:05 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
East African witchcraft(6)?
2007-08-03 13:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have this packet available:
Bantu.zip Myths and Legends of the Bantu by Alice Werner
Fetichism.zip Fetichism in West Africa.
Hausa-folklore.zip A book of Hausa folk-lore, customs, etc.
religion.zip An Essay comparing native African religions with Judism & Christianity.
s_africa.zip Witchcraft and Paganism in South Africa.
Yor.zip The Yoruba speaking peoples of the slave coast. (Voodoo base)
zambiawitch.zip The Witches of Zambia.
Click on my avatar and send me an Answers e-mail stating which files you would want and an e-mail address to which attachement can be made.
2007-08-03 13:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes west africans use witchcraft
2007-08-07 08:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africans have a wide range of views of traditional religions. African Christians typically accept Christian dogma as do their counterparts in Latin America and Asia. The term witch doctor, often attributed to African inyanga, has been misconstrued to mean "a healer who uses witchcraft" rather than its original meaning of "one who diagnoses and cures maladies caused by witches". Combining Roman Catholic beliefs and practices and traditional West African religious beliefs and practices are several syncretic religions in the Americas, including Lukumi, Vodun, Obeah, Candomble, and Santeria.
In Southern African traditions, there are three classifications of somebody who uses magic. The thakathi is usually translated into English as "witch", and is a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others. The sangoma is a diviner, somewhere on a par with a fortune teller, and is employed in detecting illness, predicting a person's future (or advising them on which path to take), or identifying the guilty party in a crime. She also practices some degree of medicine. The inyanga is often translated as "witch doctor" (though many Southern Africans resent this implication, as it perpetuates the mistaken belief that a "witch doctor" is in some sense a practitioner of witchcraft). The inyanga's job is to heal illness and injury and provide customers with magical items for everyday use. Of these three categories the thakatha is almost exclusively female, the sangoma is usually female, and the inyanga is almost exclusively male.
In some Central African areas, witches are believed be the source of terminal illness such as AIDS and cancer. In such cases, various methods are used to rid the person from the bewitching spirit, often Physical abuse and Psychological abuse. Children are often accused of being witches. A young niece maybe blamed for the illness of a relative. Most of these cases of abuse go unreported since the members of the society that witness such abuse are too afraid to be accused of being accomplices. It is also beleived that witchcraft can be transmited to children by feeding. Parents discourage their children from interacting with people believed to be witches.
2007-08-03 14:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by peace_by_moonlight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
M'bubu
2007-08-03 13:55:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats the question?
2007-08-03 13:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is is Voodoo
2007-08-03 13:35:04 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah
2007-08-03 13:52:46 · answer #9 · answered by theonewiththequestions_13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, what about it?
2007-08-03 22:20:33 · answer #10 · answered by EdgeWitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you want to know?
2007-08-03 13:34:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋