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Along an african border : angolan refugees and their divination baskets /

Anthropologist S nia Silva examines how a community of Luvale people, Angolan refugees living in Zambia, use lipele divination baskets to cope with daily life in a new land and maintain connections to their past.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Silva, S nia
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2011]
©2011
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Contemporary ethnography
Subjects:
Baskets > Zambia > Chavuma District > Religious aspects.
Divination > Zambia > Chavuma District.
Fetishes (Ceremonial objects) > Zambia > Chavuma District.
Luvale (African people) > Zambia > Chavuma District > Rites and ceremonies.
Andere Religionen.
Social sciences.
Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology.
Sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. > General.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812203738
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Summary: Anthropologist S nia Silva examines how a community of Luvale people, Angolan refugees living in Zambia, use lipele divination baskets to cope with daily life in a new land and maintain connections to their past.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 37 illus.
ISBN: 9780812203738
Index Number: DT3058
CLC: B933
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
1. Birth --
2. Initiation --
3. Adulthood --
Conclusion. A Way of Living --
Notes --
Glossary --
Works Cited --
Index --
Acknowledgments.

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