The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho

This article investigates the place of lehuelas/sangomas in Basotho society, their vocation, work and relationship with Christian churches. Lethuelas, also called sangomas or shamans, are healers, diviners and/or mediums. Thanks to the country’s mountainous isolation, their vocation and work can be...

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Autor principal:	Agnieszka Podolecka
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Publicado:	Warsaw University Press 2021
Materias:	african spirituality, sangoma, lethuela, lingaka, shamanism, healing, divination, ancestral spirits, lesotho Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 African languages and literature PL8000-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e35b5ade55e8486abb165a660be2ae942021-11-29T17:56:36ZThe role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho2545-21342657-4187https://doaj.org/article/e35b5ade55e8486abb165a660be2ae942021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/293https://doaj.org/toc/2545-2134https://doaj.org/toc/2657-4187This article investigates the place of lehuelas/sangomas in Basotho society, their vocation, work and relationship with Christian churches. Lethuelas, also called sangomas or shamans, are healers, diviners and/or mediums. Thanks to the country’s mountainous isolation, their vocation and work can be observed in its most primal and unspoilt version, passed down for generations without much influence of outside shamanic traditions or New Age forms of shamanism encountered in other Southern African countries. The article includes the data gathered during the field studies conducted in Lesotho in March 2013 and January 2019 in four regions: the capital city of Maseru (250 000 inhabitants), the Nazaretha/Roma region, the villages and tiny settlements in the western part of the Maloti Mountains, and the Butha-Buthe district in the north of the country.Agnieszka PodoleckaWarsaw University Pressarticleafrican spirituality, sangoma, lethuela, lingaka, shamanism, healing, divination, ancestral spirits, lesothoEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674Philology. LinguisticsP1-1091African languages and literaturePL8000-8844DEENFRStudies in African Languages and Cultures, Vol 0, Iss 55, Pp 159-184 (2021)
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topic	african spirituality, sangoma, lethuela, lingaka, shamanism, healing, divination, ancestral spirits, lesotho Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 African languages and literature PL8000-8844
spellingShingle	african spirituality, sangoma, lethuela, lingaka, shamanism, healing, divination, ancestral spirits, lesotho Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 African languages and literature PL8000-8844 Agnieszka Podolecka The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho
description	This article investigates the place of lehuelas/sangomas in Basotho society, their vocation, work and relationship with Christian churches. Lethuelas, also called sangomas or shamans, are healers, diviners and/or mediums. Thanks to the country’s mountainous isolation, their vocation and work can be observed in its most primal and unspoilt version, passed down for generations without much influence of outside shamanic traditions or New Age forms of shamanism encountered in other Southern African countries. The article includes the data gathered during the field studies conducted in Lesotho in March 2013 and January 2019 in four regions: the capital city of Maseru (250 000 inhabitants), the Nazaretha/Roma region, the villages and tiny settlements in the western part of the Maloti Mountains, and the Butha-Buthe district in the north of the country.
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title	The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho
title_short	The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho
title_full	The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho
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The role of lethuelas/sangomas in Lesotho. “Traditional” beliefs, spiritual professions and Christianity among the Basotho

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