The social basis of 'evil' in pre-colonial Zimbabwe with particular reference to the practice of killing twins among the Karanga
Most pre-colonial African societies constructed attitudes and ways of responding to phenomena regarded as "abnormal". Such attitudes were strongly embedded in these societies' perception of life, which was understood to begin at birth. In principle, most societies put to death childre...
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Arrupe College
2016
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