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Title:Some Notions of 'Purity' and 'Impurity' among the Zulu
Author:Ngubane, Harriet
Year:1976
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:46
Issue:3
Pages:274-284
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Zulu
magic
women
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159399
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1976-046-00-000025
Abstract:Among the traditional patrilineal Zulu of South Africa, women are more often associated with mystical experiences than men. While on the one hand, as daughters or sisters, women may be associated with the positive mystical forces as diviners on the other hand, as mothers and wives, women are often related to the negative pollutine mystical forces. It is the logic behind these notions that is examined in this article. Conclusion: population is associated with situations which mark the beginning and the end of live. These situations are associated with married women. Notes, ref., résumé en français.
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