‘A witch has no horn’: The subjective reality of witchcraft in the South African lowveld

African Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-278

  Niehaus, Isak A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 84929162378     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020189708707877     Document Type: Article

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