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Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy: Apostolic Reformation in Botswana

Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy: Apostolic Reformation in Botswana

March 19, 2012 00:33:52

Guests: Werbner, Richard

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 061

'Holy Hustlers', Freud, and African Wisdom Diviners

Anthropologist Richard Werbner (University of Manchester) on the similarity between Freud and African wisdom diviners, ethnographic filmmaking in southern Africa, and the place of Holy Hustlers (pentecostal churches and prophecy in Botswana) the subject of his latest book in the public sphere.

 

00:00:00 - 00:03:11 Introduction
00:03:11 - 00:08:19 Freud and African Wisdom Diviners
00:08:20 - 00:14:27 "Small Objects" and Divination
00:14:27 - 00:18:46 Filmmaking and Scholarship
00:18:46 - 00:22:12 Informants and Documentary
00:22:12 - 00:25:26 Anthropology and/as Exoticizing Africa
00:25:26 - 00:32:39 "Holy Hustlers" in the Public Sphere
00:32:40 - 00:33:52 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Richard Werbner. "'Holy Hustlers', Freud, and African Wisdom Diviners". Africa Past and Present, March 19, 2012. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=061/.