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Zaramo

Ritual and symbol in transitional Zaramo society with special reference to women

Upphovsperson: Swantz, Marja-Liisa
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1986
Ämnesord: Zaramo, Tanzania, East Africa, Anthropology, Ethnic groups, Rituals, Symbols, Social anthropology/ethnography, Socialantrolopologi/etnografi
...a learned, thoroughly researched thesis, yet, with a practical intention and message. ... As a researcher the author has lived for many years among the Zaramo people, with a dedicated intention to identify with their life, and this alone has made it possible to observe and interpret their symbolic life to the extent found here. (Bengt Sundkler in his foreword to the second edition.)

The medicine man among the Zaramo of Dar es Salaam

Upphovsperson: Swantz, Lloyd
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Dar es Salaam Univ. Press
År: 1990
Ämnesord: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa, Zaramo, Traditional medicine, Ethnic groups, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
As an urban anthropologist, pastor and teacher the author has lived for many years among the Zaramo. This revised doctoral thesis is an important and well documented study of the traditional healers in the urban setting.