Witchcraft and Transnational Social Spaces: Witchcraft Violence, Reconciliation and Development in South Africa's Transition Process
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witchcraft violence; occult belief systems; social stress; reconciliation; South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
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- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
- O5 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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