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Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa

Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa

November 28, 2012 00:31:21

Guests: Ashforth, Adam

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 068

Witchcraft, AIDS and Power

Adam Ashforth (Univ. of Michigan) on witchcraft in rural Central and urban Southern Africa. Discusses connections with colonial and postcolonial power and authority; gender; spiritual insecurity and religious enthusiasm; law, culture, and HIV/AIDS in Malawi; anti-anti-witchcraft, and the serious laughter of photographer Santu Mofokeng.

00:00:00 - 00:01:04 Introduction
00:01:11 - 00:02:42 Interest in African Studies
00:02:42 - 00:04:48 Writing Modumo
00:04:49 - 00:09:01 Gender, Spiritual Insecurity and Disease
00:09:02 - 00:13:26 Witchcraft and Western Disbelief
00:13:26 - 00:20:36 Violence against Witchcraft: Perceptions vs. Reality
00:20:37 - 00:26:17 Disease, Belief and Religion
00:26:17 - 00:30:13 Santu Mofokeng
00:30:13 - 00:31:21 Outro

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Alegi, Peter, Adam Ashforth, and Peter Limb. "Witchcraft, AIDS and Power". Africa Past and Present, November 28, 2012. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=068/.