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Autor Devisch, Renaat, 1944-

TÍtulo Weaving the threads of life : the Khita gyn-eco-logical healing cult among the Yaka / René Devisch.

Publicacion Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

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 IU 1st Floor  DT650.B38 D475 1993    CHECK ON SHELF
Descripcion x, 334 p : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Nota Based on the author's Se recréer femme. Chapters 2-3 and 1-7 have been expanded, and chapters l, 4, and 8, the prologue, and epilogue are completely new.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.
Materia Yaka (African people) -- Medicine.
Yaka (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Cults -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa.
Traditional medicine -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa.
Infertility, Female -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa.
Autor Secundario Devisch, Renaat, 1944- Se recréer femme.
ISBN 0226143619 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226143627 (pbk. : alk. paper)