African indigenous religions and disease causation : from spiritual beings to living humans - Westerlund, David (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006)
Ethnographic background -- Heavenly beings among the San -- God in Maasai thought -- Sukuma spirits of ancestors -- Kongo spirits or Nkisi -- Yoruba divinities -- Living humans among the San and Maasai -- Witchery among the Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba -- Factors of continuity and change -- Notes on natural causation of disease.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Keywords: Diseases -- Religious aspects; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation; Religion -- Africa South of the Sahara; Medicine, African Traditional -- Africa South of the Sahara; Witchcraft -- Africa South of the Sahara; Godsdiensten; Medische aspecten; Religion; Krankheit; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion; Afrika; Schwarzafrika