Weaving the Threads of Life
Subtitle: The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult among the Yaka
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: November 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226143613
Subjects: Anthropology; Black studies; Cultural studies; Medical Anthropology; Spiritual Healing; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire); Alternative Medicine; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Congo (Democratic Republic); Cults; Kinshasa; Medicine; Rites and ceremonies; Yaka (African people)
First sentence: The Yaka form a dominant cultural presence in the southwestern part of the country on the southern savanna belt bordering Angola.