Becoming a Sangoma: religious anthropological field-work in Francistown, Botswana

Abstract

This is a detailed account of how the author, carrying out research into the urban therapeutic scene in Francistown, Botswana, over varying periods of time in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, first became a patient of a 'sangoma' traditional healer, and was subsequently trained and initiated as a 'sangoma' himself. Bibliogr., notes, ref