Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa

by Adam Ashforth

Book Overview

How does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In Soweto, South Africa, the constant threat of violent crime, the increase in black socio-economic inequality, the AIDS pandemic, and a widespread fear of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226029743
• ISBN13: 9780226029740
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.4"