02798nam 2200649 450 991080833300332120200520144314.099908-0-250-5(CKB)3710000000180098(EBL)1732207(SSID)ssj0001339374(PQKBManifestationID)11762097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339374(PQKBWorkID)11350250(PQKB)11660439(MiAaPQ)EBC1732207(OCoLC)887684185(MdBmJHUP)muse40224(Au-PeEL)EBL1732207(CaPaEBR)ebr10891826(CaONFJC)MIL663340(OCoLC)889263030(PPN)187343721(EXLCZ)99371000000018009820140725h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVimbuza the healing dance of Northern Malawi /Boston SokoZomba, Malawi :Imabili Indigenous Knowledge Publications,2014.©20141 online resource (263 p.)Imabali text ;no. 4."A world cultural heritage."1-322-32058-6 99908-0-247-5 Includes bibliographical references.Historical background -- Vimbuza as a possession cult -- Vimbuza as a social fact -- Style in vimbuza songs -- Vimbuza songs -- Bibliography.The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethno-linguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four principal aspects. Historical developments: a certain number of facts concerning the birth of possession among the Tumbuka; possession: the study attempts to show how the cult articulates itself with its beliefs and the use of divination; the social role: analysis of social functions; the style: an analysis of the linguistic procedures which are characteristic of Vimbuza songs. The presence of rhetorical figures would confirm that we are talking about an oral literary genre.Imabali text ;no. 4.EthnologyMalawiHealingMalawiTumbuka (African people)Social life and customsEthnologyHealingTumbuka (African people)Social life and customs.306.096897Soko Boston 1654322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808333003321Vimbuza the healing dance of Northern Malawi4006069UNINA