The etiology of evil in the Shona traditional Religion

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-119

  Shoko, Tabona ^a   Burck, Dee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Disability; Evil; Healing; Illness; Medicine; Spirits

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649827941     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2010.11886368     Document Type: Article

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