Conflict Mediation and Bungoma Activism in a South African Township

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Conflict Mediation and Bungoma Activism in a South African Township "
Bosco B. Bae

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072824
Doc. No	:	LA116453
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700666-12340170‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Bosco B. Bae
Title & Author	:	Conflict Mediation and Bungoma Activism in a South African Township [Article]\ Bosco B. Bae
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion in Africa
Date	:	2021
Volume/ Issue Number	:	49/3-4
Page No	:	289–311
Abstract	:	The following article draws on fieldwork with traditional African healers in an urban South African township and examines mediation sessions undertaken by a group of healers with a view to contemporary conflicts that emerged during their praxis. I argue that the healers’ mediation practices are a form of activism that addresses the hermeneutical and institutional gap between traditional healing and the magistrates’ court system. This activism further presents a social positioning by healers for greater legitimacy, recognition, and integration with governmental structures. The article introduces the township of Alexandra and two different conflict resolution pathways that exist there, which reflect two divergent judicial moralities of reproduction with their respective cultural frameworks. The article then provides an overview of the institution of traditional healing and, lastly, describes the healers’ mediation as a form of activism.
Descriptor	:	activism
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Anthropology of Religion
Descriptor	:	conflict resolution
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Religion
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	South Africa
Descriptor	:	traditional healers
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700666-12340170‬