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Simon Bockie

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Death and the Invisible Powers. The World of Kongo Belief

The International Journal of African Historical Studies 1995 John Kelly Thornton, Simon Bockie 34 citations

PREFACE ONE The Spirituality of a Communal People Beginning with Community The Kongo People The Land of Manianga: Isolation and Rejection Gender and Community Structure The Cohesiveness of the Community Communal Life as the Goal of Existence The Clan The Role of the Chief The Flow of Living Power from the Ancestors Family Relationships Seniority Marriage The Individual Tension between the...